Using data from three waves of the General Social Survey on retirement and older workers (1994, 2002 and 2007), we … document the evolution of retirement patterns over the last three decades. We combined the analysis of retirement ages of … actual retirees with data on expected retirement ages of current workers to create a longer perspective on changes in …

retirement by baby boomers will result in higher unemployment among the young, a claim which has been garnering increased …

When Social Security's Full Retirement Age (FRA) increased to age 66 for recent retirees, the peak retirement age … points more likely to retire soon after their 65th birthdays and are 5.8 percentage points less likely to delay retirement … insurance is an important component of the retirement decision. On the question of whether misinformation about Social Security …

This paper examines retirement and related behavioral responses to policies that on average are actuarially neutral …. Many conventional models predict that actuarially neutral policies will not affect retirement behavior. In contrast, our … rewards does not balance the loss from foregone current benefits. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we find …

Social Security's full retirement age could shrink future benefits. Stagnating employment and earnings for men could threaten … future retirement security, because retirement benefits and the capacity to save depend on lifetime earnings. The financial … disrupt retirement savings. This paper assesses retirement prospects for future generations, with a special focus on the late …