We consider the retirement behavior of civilian employees of the United States government. Unlike previous studies … the financial aspects of individual retirement decisions with a reasonable degree of precision. A large fraction of civil … the expected wait until the pension commences affect the timing of retirement from the Federal service. (2) The rate of …

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 … China Family Panel Studies and leveraging the variation around the pensionable age cutoff, we find substantial increases in …

I analyze the effects of state public pension parameters on the retirement of public employees. Using a panel data set … of public sector workers from 12 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, I model the probability of retirement as a … function of pension wealth at early and normal retirement eligibility and Social Security coverage in the public sector job. I …

Choices regarding the disposition of wealth at retirement can have substantial implications for retirement income … find that these groups of retirees report very different levels of well-being in retirement …

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

How accurate are older people's expectations about their future Social Security benefits? Using panel data from the … Health and Retirement Study, we compare respondents' observed Social Security claiming ages and benefits with subjective …

In recent decades, many states have reduced future retirement benefits for newly hired teachers. We estimate that in … 2020 the average initial monthly retirement benefit, for teachers retiring with 30 years of service, is 11.2 percent lower …

This paper evaluates a new variant of the popular target date funds used in employer-based retirement savings plans. We … call this new variant a "target retirement plan." Instead of increasing the allocation to bond funds as retirement … approaches, a target retirement fund gradually purchases deferred life annuities beginning at age 50. In the particular straw …