people who retired, Conscientiousness was lower in and after the first year of retirement versus before. No other traits … differed around the start of retirement. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that the start of working life might promote … personality maturation and that retirement might promote personality "relaxation. …

identify non-employment-related scarring by examining the transition of unemployed people to retirement as a life event after …-monetary unemployment scarring for people who were unemployed for the first time in their life directly prior to retirement, but not for …

that they will make a transition into volunteering after retirement. Following social production function theory, we assume … former occupational prestige value, the higher the perceived loss of prestige after retirement. Thus, doing a job with high … prestige value increases the incentive to volunteer in retirement. This assumption is tested, using data taken from the German …

, we use German survey data to analyze age and gender differences in reservation and entry wages, preferred and actual … working hours, and satisfaction with leisure and work. -- Age ; family gap ; gender ; job search ; labor supply ; reservation …

According to the life-cycle theory of consumption and saving, foreseeable retirement events should not reduce … consumption. Whereas some consumption expenditures may fall when goods are self-produced (given higher leisure after retirement … hypothesis using micro data for Germany (SOEP) and find that income reductions when entering retirement have a negative effect on …

from older birth cohorts to complete the life-courses of statistically similar baby boomers through to retirement. An …

pension system, legal retirement age is increased step by step to 67 years. This raises questions about how to enable and …

retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long …

This paper analyzes private retirement savings, the amount for German individuals and how these savings are influenced … investigated how the Big-Five and the Locus of Control influence the decision to have private retirement savings, and the estimated … probability to have such savings. Extraversion also positively effects the size of retirement related savings as does having an …

This paper estimates the causal effect of retirement on health, health behavior, and healthcare utilization. Using … mechanisms. The results show a long-run improvement in health upon retirement. Relief from work-related stress and strain …, increased sleep duration and more frequent physical exercise seem to be key mechanisms through which retirement affects health …