Increasing life expectancy has made working longer both more necessary and more possible, but the relationship between an individual's survival expectations and his planned retirement age is unclear in the existing literature. This study uses the Health and Retirement Study and an instrumental...

In economic downturns prior to the Great Recession, workers over age 50 had escaped relatively unscathed. But the unemployment rate for older workers soared to record highs during the Great Recession. This paper projects how older workers will fare across a broad set of financial outcomes over...

This study uses the Survey of Income and Program Participation to examine the decision to retire after a job separation among the increasing number of older individuals who leave a job between 55 and 70, and how this decision varies by labor market conditions and the resources available to the...