Do the retirement patterns of public-sector workers differ from those in the private sector? Most private-sector workers today face a do-it-yourself retirement income landscape characterized by an exposure to market forces through defined-contribution pension plans and private saving, and the...

Do the retirement patterns of public-sector workers differ from those in the private sector? Most private-sector workers today face a do-it-yourself retirement income landscape characterized by an exposure to market forces through defined-contribution pension plans and private saving, and the...

Purpose: This paper investigates how older Americans leave their career jobs and estimates the extent of bridge job activity between full-time work on a career job and complete labor force withdrawal. Methods: Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we explore the work histories...