As to heterogeneity, a number of studies on retirement age e.g., Boersch-Supan (2013) and Fehr et al. (2012)—accommodate for ex post heterogeneity, because agents may experience uninsurable idiosyncratic income shocks.
While there have been studies on retirement intentions [ 8- 10], these have not always included the non-principal groups and there has been relatively little work on how doctors anticipate their workload changing in the future.
"Retirement has long been seen as an individual -- mainly a male -- passage, but increasingly couples must deal with two retirements," said Dr. Phyllis Moen, a professor of sociology and human development at Cornell University and the lead author of a study on couples' retirement transitions, published in the spring issue of Social Psychology Quarterly.
The finding that retirement seems to have no direct effect on chronic disease is in line with one of the very few prospective studies of retirement and physical health published to date.
The numbers come from a fascinating new Brookings Institution study on longevity and retirement planning.
A study by the National Institute on Retirement Security found that defined benefit plans are a far more cost-efficient means of providing retirement income than defined contribution plans.
The evidence comes from a study by the National Institute on Retirement Security, whose board and advisors comprise officials of public pension agencies and leading academic experts on pension economics.
According to a new study by the National Institute on Retirement Security, this "deeply troubling" data partially stems from both depressed wages and the fact that many new workers today are not eligible to participate in their company's 401(k) plans.
So perhaps it should not be surprising that 45 percent of America's baby boomers are "at risk," without enough to maintain their living standards after they retire, according to the nation's leading center on retirement studies, the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
We did not observe any beneficial effect of early retirement as documented in a Danish study [ 13] and the Whitehall II study on effects of normal retirement.
