This paper considers the long-term effects of smoking on disability retirement. Exploiting population-wide registry …, thus shedding some light on the biological mechanisms linking smoking to disability retirement. We demonstrate a strong … association between smoking and disability retirement. Among individuals aged 50-64, smokers have a six percentage point higher …

This paper investigates whether exchanging the Social Security delayed retirement credit, currently paid as an increase … voluntarily claim about half a year later if the lump sum were paid for claiming any time after the Early Retirement Age, and … about two-thirds of a year later if the lump sum were paid only for those claiming after their Full Retirement Age. Overall …

decisions as well as novel mechanisms governing these trade-offs. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study and the … Security benefits prior to their normal retirement age, despite large penalties associated with these early benefit claims. We …

relationship between social security provisions and retirement. The project relies on the analyses of a large group of economists … consistently show that program incentives accord strongly with retirement decisions. The magnitude is illustrated by the …, perhaps closer to 36 percent in the long run. On the other hand, an illustrative common reform'-- with early retirement at age …

relationship between social security provisions and retirement. The project relies on the analyses of a large group of economists … consistently show that program incentives accord strongly with retirement decisions. The magnitude is illustrated by the …, perhaps closer to 36 percent in the long run. On the other hand, an illustrative common reform'-- with early retirement at age …

In this paper, we develop and estimate a model of retirement and savings incorporating limited borrowing, stochastic … Health and Retirement Study (HRS), for whom we would expect social security income to be of particular importance. The … and normal retirement ages …

force. This study assesses the association between patterns of physical activity and smoking behavior maintenance (and their … compared to those ceasing to be physically active over time. Surprisingly, both the maintenance and uptake of smoking behavior …