measures concur with changes in employment rates among older workers.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series …

measures concur with changes in employment rates among older workers …

This paper examines the role of employer provided health insurance in the retirement decisions of dual working couples … factor in their retirement decisions. We determine if access to retiree health insurance for early retirement enables couples … to time their retirement together -- a behavior called "joint retirement." We find that wives' retiree health insurance …

joint retirement, its effect on overall employment patterns is modest, accounting for a 2 percentage point fall in …This paper examines the role of employer provided health insurance in the retirement decisions of dual working couples … factor in their retirement decisions. We determine if access to retiree health insurance for early retirement enables couples …

Retirement brings with it the promises of leisure and freedom as well as the risks of boredom and isolation. When … experience a sometimes-uncomfortable absence of structure. In The Experience of Retirement, the distinguished sociologist Robert … S. Weiss provides a detailed description of how some people plan their retirement, what life in retirement is like, and …