A problem that faces many countries including the United States is how to finance retirement consumption as the … population ages. Proposals for switching to a saving-for-retirement system that does not rely on high payroll taxes have been … transition path from the current U.S. system to a saving-for-retirement system that increases the welfare of all current and …

approaching their retirement, the average person approaching retirement age is not likely to suffer a life changing financial loss … been greatly exaggerated. If there is any postponement of retirement due to stock market losses, on average it will be a … background information that corrects misperceptions about pension holdings of the retirement age population. Pension coverage is …

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 …

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 …

, changing the up-rating and increasing the retirement age) to cope with the ageing shock are analysed and compared. …