Retirement Study? This article uses household wealth and labor market data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS …) to investigate how the recent "Great Recession" has affected the wealth and retirement of those approaching retirement … age as the recession began, a potentially vulnerable population. The retirement wealth of people aged 53–58 in 2006 …

both for individual retirement planning and for policymakers, especially if legislation makes annuitization, at least in … annuities, which is of relevance to insurance pricing. -- Stochastic Mortality ; Deferred Annuitization ; Retirement Decisions …