so using information on older males from the Health and Retirement Study over the 1980-1997 period to calculate the …

We examine respondents in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to observe how their financial situations unfolded as … retirement, and progress through their retirement years, and (b) labor force participation declined and thus earnings became less … important with age, while Social Security and retirement savings rose as a proportion of annual income …

This paper examines the role of economic factors in determining retirement behavior using a unique new data archive on … different retirement models including linear as well as discrete choice formulations. This framework provides new insights into … how andwhy retirement ages differ across firms. We conclude that older workers' income opportunities differ depending on …

statistics analysis. Section 3 evaluates the effects on the equilibrium retirement age, section 4 modifies the benefits formula … to depend on retirement age and section 5 examines the wealth-income ratio effect. Section 6 introduces the …

Study of Income Dynamics, we follow a cohort of white married males through their sixties to estimate a model of retirement … behavior. Using several definitions of retirement suggested in the literature, the results suggest that the two key policy … influence on retirement decisions. For example, our results suggest that a decrease in the implicit tax rate on earnings from …

Retirement Around the World. This project, which compares the experiences of a dozen developed countries, was launched in the mid … project document that social security program provisions can create powerful incentives for retirement that are strongly … affect retirement, whether there is a link between older employment and youth unemployment, and whether older individuals are …

Retirement Around the World. The first phase described the retirement incentives inherent in plan provisions and documented the …

This paper examines the role of employer provided health insurance in the retirement decisions of dual working couples … factor in their retirement decisions. We determine if access to retiree health insurance for early retirement enables couples … to time their retirement together -- a behavior called "joint retirement." We find that wives' retiree health insurance …

between social security provisions and retirement. The project relies on the work of a large group of economists in 12 … countries who conduct the analysis for each of their countries. The first phase described the retirement incentives inherent in … eligibility ages by three years. Another illustrative reform reduces actuarially benefits received before the normal retirement …