Using data from three waves of the General Social Survey on retirement and older workers (1994, 2002 and 2007), we document the evolution of retirement patterns over the last three decades. We combined the analysis of retirement ages of actual retirees with data on expected retirement ages of...

Using data from three waves of the General Social Survey on retirement and older workers (1994, 2002 and 2007), the authors document the evolution of retirement patterns over the last three decades. They combined the analysis of retirement ages of actual retirees with data on expected retirement...