”), rather than a sudden change from full-time work to full-time retirement. Pension regulations may impede phased retirement … without a switch of employers by prohibiting access to pension assets. This study uses Health and Retirement Survey data to …

have positive impacts on young women's wages. We find evidence of ability sorting, but controlling for ability, women who … attend higher quality colleges earn higher wages. Women receive smaller gains from college quality than do men; black women … earn more than those who attend public colleges, and women earn lower wages, the higher the proportion of their college …

have substantial positive impacts on young men's wages. This finding is robust to a wide array of alternative …