We study whether individuals with different personality traits systematically exhibit different retirement trajectories … with different traits are observed to follow different retirement paths when faced with similar physical demands, computer …, conscientiousness does not have the strongest association with retirement; the other components of the Big Five personality traits show …

The authors define and estimate measures of economic preparation for retirement based on a complete inventory of …

According to the life-cycle model, mortality risk will influence both retirement and the desire to annuitize wealth. We … estimate the effect of subjective survival probabilities on retirement and on the claiming of Social Security benefits because …

We study the influence of job characteristics on prospective retirement as measured by the probability of working past … from the Health and Retirement Survey, we find that physical and mental job requirements have a rather small influence on … prospective retirement, whereas measures of job flexibility and financial aspects of the job are important determinants. …

incompatible with a model of retirement in which tastes for work gradually shift with age toward leisure and hours may be freely … choices consisting of a high-paying year-round job and low-paying part-time work. Therefore, someone approaching retirement …

We define and estimate measures of economic preparation for retirement based on a complete inventory of economic …

According to the life-cycle model, mortality risk will influence both retirement and the desire to annuitize wealth …. The authors estimate the effect of subjective survival probabilities on retirement and on the claiming of Social Security …

.S. households apparently reduce consumption at retirement and the reduction cannot be explained by the life-cycle model. An … where consumers are forward looking. However, data on anticipated consumption changes at retirement and on realized … consumption changes following retirement show that the reductions are fully anticipated. Apparently, the decline is due to the …

the Health and Retirement Study and biomarker measures collected in 2006 and 2008. We use a variety of econometric methods …