identifies how accumulated assets can be used optimally throughout retirement to produce life-long income when required, to make … do this using a SPEEDOMETER (or Spending Optimally Throughout Retirement) retirement expenditure plan which employs … degree of flexibility in managing the run-down of retirement assets; (3) capital protection in the form of ‘money …

at older ages. I assess my conjecture quantitatively with a life cycle general equilibrium model of retirement. At ages …

This study explores the factors that affect an individual’s happiness while transitioning into retirement. Recent … studies highlight gradual retirement as an attractive option to older workers as they approach full retirement. However, it is … not clear whether phasing or cold turkey makes for a happier retirement. Using longitudinal data from the Health and …

observations suggest that they might be an important contributing factor in accounting for differences in retirement. I assess … quantitatively the importance of these features using a life cycle general equilibrium model of retirement. I find that the … important contributing factors to account for the differences in retirement. …

equilibrium model of retirement. I find that the differences in social security can indeed account for the differences in …

This study explores the factors that affect an individual’s happiness while transitioning into retirement. Recent … studies highlight gradual retirement as an attractive option to older workers as they approach full retirement. However, it is … not clear whether phasing or cold turkey makes for a happier retirement. Using longitudinal data from the Health and …

other countries’ pension systems and their experiences of retirement-income reforms. However, national pension systems are … can inform debates on retirement-income systems by presenting “hard” data that people with different visions for the … future of pensions can all use as a reference point. International comparisons of retirement-income regimes to date have …

system on retirement decisions. The 1992 reform is an interesting example since it was implemented when: (a) the system was … very generous to retirees; (b) the demographic context was dramatic;(c) an early retirement provision, and no actuarial … fairness, distorted retirement choices. I use the reform as a natural experiment and exploit its differential effect on …

: Longitudinal data was drawn from the Health and Retirement Survey and the RAND-HRS data base for more than 6,000 individuals aged … work on mood indicators and mortality. For those forced into retirement (20% of the sample), work is not an alternative …

We investigate the effect of an acute health shock on retirement among elderly male workers in Denmark, 1991-1999, and … in particular whether various welfare state programs and institutions impinge on the retirement effect. The results show … that an acute health event increases the retirement chances of elderly male workers by 8%, and that this increase in the …