In most data sets of labor force participation of the elderly, an empirical regularity that emerges is that retirement … given the economic considerations that retirees typically face. This paper considers the puzzle of why retirement rates are …

respect to work, retirement, Social Security, and age discrimination law. We present estimates of poverty by age and sex … summarize research on how older women were differentially negatively impacted by the elimination of Social Security’s Retirement …

ways that reflect an expectation of longer work lives. But do older Americans have the health capacity to work longer? This … mortality rate in the past or as much as their younger counterparts in similar health. Using both methods, we estimate that … there is significant additional capacity to work at older ages. We also explore whether there are differences in health …

United Kingdom, given their health, and how this has evolved over the last decade. The objective is not to suggest how much … older people should work but rather to shed light on how much ill-health (as opposed to other constraints and preferences … older people seen over the last decade are more rapid than would have been expected based on the improvements seen in health …

additional years of life between work and retirement is questionable. Considering mortality and health status, we question the … than to retirement. The implicit assumptions guiding the reforms have been that additional years of life are years with a … health status that can be considered reasonably compatible with work. If this is not the case, the idea of sharing these …

to reduce incentives to retire early. However, it is unknown to what extent older individuals have the health capacity to … sustain the longer working lives that delayed pension benefits may encourage. We estimate the health capacity to work longer … the past, and how much younger individuals today with similar self-assessed health work. We find substantial health …

following retirement depends in part on health capital and financial capital accumulated prior to retirement, which in turn are … health and financial capital accumulated prior to retirement from the effects of education that impinge directly on asset … Security benefits and defined benefit pension benefits--and through health capital that was accumulated before retirement. We …

retirement. Regarding women, whether public pension rules play a role is unclear. Most probably, the secular change of women …

schedules. For many, labor force participation near or after normal retirement age is limited more by a lack of acceptable job …

job demands, potentially leading to early retirement. We link longitudinal Health and Retirement Study data to O …-limiting health problems, mental health, subjective probabilities of retirement, and labor market status. While we find that physical …