"This ninth volume of the International Social Security series, which studies the social security and retirement …

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 …

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 … made by individuals, these decisions are influenced by a set of incentives, including retirement benefits and health care …