The baby boom generation's entry into old age has led to an unprecedented increase in the elderly population. The … leading researchers takes an eclectic view of the subject. Among the broad topics discussed are work and retirement behavior …, disability, and their relationship to the structure of retirement and disability policies. While choices about when to retire are …

Disability, work and retirement -- New age thinking: alternative ways of measuring age, their relationship to labor … status and transitions during the pre-retirement years: learning from international differences / Arie Kapteyn, James P … -- Retirement saving -- The rise of 401(k) plans, lifetime earnings, and wealth at retirement / James M. Poterba, Steven F. Venti …

How the affluent nations of the world could eradicate pensioner poverty within their national borders and increase …

Social insurance for the elderly is judged responsible for the widely observed trend towards early retirement. In a … distortion on the retirement decision. The main point we make is that while there is no doubt that retirement systems induce an … excessive bias towards early retirement in many countries, a complete elimination of this bias (i.e. a switch to an actuarially …

market rigidities on the employment of older workers; the effect on retirement of the availability of continuation coverage …

the national and global scale. This comprehensive analysis considers micro- and macro-level determinants of retirement … policymakers that aim to improve the well-being of elderly populations. …

M. Poterba -- 2. Liquidity in Retirement Savings Systems: An International Comparison / John Beshears, James J. Choi … C. Madrian -- 5. Understanding the Improvement in Disability-Free Life Expectancy in the US Elderly Population / Michael …