China's distinctive demographic landscape, early retirement policies, and deeply ingrained gender norms provide a … unique backdrop for investigating gender disparities in retirement and subjective well-being. Drawing upon data from the … retirement rates, surging by 19 percentage points for males and 13 percentage points for females in proximity to this age …

"boomerang" back home impact their parents in their pre-retirement and post-retirement years. We use data from the Health and … Retirement Study (HRS) to examine the effects of boomerang children on their parents' labor market expectations and choices, as …

a first-order way on the structure of retirement policies. Using German data, we first present reduced-form evidence of … with retirement policies. Accounting for interactions across UI and retirement institutions also helps explain otherwise …

-reported happiness. We relate our empirical findings to existing models of elation, reference dependence, and belief formation. In … motivated beliefs), we provide novel results that extend the literature in four dimensions. First, happiness responds to changes …, expectations affect happiness in a nonlinear way, consistent with Gul's model of disappointment aversion, but contrary to other …

conditions that existed around the time of their retirement. We use data from the 2000 Census and the 2001 through 2007 American … market in the years leading up to retirement leads to a modest reduction in investment income a decade or so later for those … in the top third of the income distribution. The consequences of approaching retirement when the labor market is weak are …

such as occupational licensing may influence how individuals transition to retirement. When and how workers transition from … career jobs to full retirement may contribute to pre- and post-retirement well-being. Previous investigations of retirement … pathways focused on the patterns and outcomes of retirement transitions, yet the influence of occupational licensing on …

, older ages at retirement, and more years of service are associated with a greater probability of choosing a J&S annuity. We …

Health and Retirement Study, we compare respondents' observed Social Security claiming ages and benefits with subjective …

with it to alter retirement probabilities. A positive, tentative, and contemporary writing style increases persistence in …