Media reports predicted that the stock market decline in October 2008 would cause changes in retirement intentions, due … to declines in retirement assets. We use panel data from the Health and Retirement Study to investigate the relationship … between stock market performance and retirement intentions during 1998-2008, a period that includes the recent crisis. While …

Media reports predicted that the stock market decline in October 2008 would cause changes in retirement intentions, due … to declines in retirement assets. We use panel data from the Health and Retirement Study to investigate the relationship … between stock market performance and retirement intentions during 1998-2008, a period that includes the recent crisis. While …

Media reports predicted that the stock market decline in October 2008 would cause changes in retirement intentions, due … to declines in retirement assets. We use panel data from the Health and Retirement Study to investigate the relationship … between stock market performance and retirement intentions during 1998-2008, a period that includes the recent crisis. While …

We examine the role of self-employment in retirement transitions using a panel of administrative tax data. We find that … the hazard of self-employment increases at popular retirement ages associated with Social Security eligibility …, particularly for those with greater retirement wealth. Late-career transitions to self-employment are associated with a larger drop …