Introduction / Badi H. Baltagi, Thomas B. Fomby, R. Carter Hill -- Testing for common cyclical features in nonstationary panel data models / Alain Hecq, Franz C. Palm, Jean-Pierre Urbain -- The local power of some unit root tests for panel data / J(c)·org Breitung -- On the estimation and...

This paper estimates the propensity to retire and the persistence of remaining retired once the decision to retire has been made in the US labour market, using a dynamic panel probit model. The estimated income effect of higher housing wealth is virtually zero and that of financial assets wealth...