This volume explores the implications of an aging workforce for a number of social programs in the coming decades, and …

We compare older workers' plans for work and retirement with their subsequent work and retirement outcomes using panel … data from the Health and Retirement Study. Among those with retirement plans, about half indicate they would like to cut …

examine a cohort of male workers from the Health and Retirement Survey to examine questions about the dynamics of retiree … health benefits and the relationship between retiree health benefits and retirement behavior, which is important for the … other than employer-provided insurance. On the relationship between retiree health benefits and retirement, we find that …

incentives by examining the age-specific relationship between workers’ eligibility for RHBs and retirement. The findings suggest …

We estimate the effect of employer offers of retiree health benefits (RHBs) on the timing of retirement using a sample … of Health and Retirement Study (HRS) men observed over a period of up to 12 years. We hypothesize that the effect of RHBs … three wellknown panel data estimators and find that, for men in their 50s, RHBs have little or no effect on retirement …