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- Title
Back to Work.
- Authors
Maestas, Nicole
- Abstract
This paper analyzes a puzzling aspect of retirement behavior known as "unretirement." Nearly 50 percent of retirees follow a nontraditional retirement path that involves partial retirement or unretirement, and at least 26 percent of retirees later unretire. I explore two possible explanations: (!) unretirement transitions result from failures in planning or financial shocks; and (2) unretirement transitions are anticipated prior to retirement, reflecting a more complex retirement process. I show that unretirement was anticipated for the vast majority of those returning to work, and is not a result of financial shocks, poor planning or low wealth accumulation.
- Subjects
RETIREES; POST-retirement employment; RETIREMENT; WORK; EMPLOYMENT of older people; PERSONAL finance; RETIREMENT income; RETIREMENT communities
- Publication
Journal of Human Resources, 2010, Vol 45, Issue 3, p719
- ISSN
0022-166X
- Publication type
Article