This paper considers the work to "retirement" transitions of the rural elders in China who reside in seven regions with …

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. …

in an extension of the model with regard to endogenous retirement. …

Although population aging requires that employees increasingly work beyond traditional retirement ages, negative age … process) in shaping occupational future time perspective and, in turn, motivation to continue working beyond retirement age … less motivated to continue working beyond retirement age, because they have a more constrained occupational future time …