BBVA: Spaniards retire too early

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SPAIN - Research by a foundation set up by Spanish bank BBVA has indicated that given growing life expectancy, the pensionable age in Spain should be put back by three or four years, according to a report in El Pais.

The report claims that there is a series of incentives for Spanish people to give up work sooner rather than later, adding that the employment reform legislation of 1997 did nothing to change the s...

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