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Flexible retirement - that is, the opportunity to choose oneââ¬â¢s own personal retirement age - serves as a hedge against pension risk and provides insurance to workers facing health or productivity shocks.
Daniel van Vuuren
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Firm turnover under asymmetric information: Tanzania's agro‐dealer sector
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract We study firm turnover (i.e., entry and exit) and its consumer implications in a market characterized by asymmetric information. Using a three‐round census of agro‐dealers in Tanzania's Morogoro Region, we document annual firm entry and exit rates of 33% and 17%, respectively.
Alix Naugler +3 more
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The Social Security Early Entitlement Age in a Structural Model of Retirement and Wealth [PDF]
This paper specifies and estimates a structural life cycle model of retirement and wealth that explains the peaks in retirement both at ages 62 and at 65. Our estimates suggest that leisure and time preference are widely distributed among the population,
Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Community health workers (CHW) programs are effective at reducing hospitalizations, improving mental health, and supporting health‐promoting behaviors. Research suggests awareness and use of CHW services remain uneven across communities nationally.
Stephen Bonett +8 more
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Nutrition at retirement age [PDF]
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 1984 M D, Holdsworth, L, Davies
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How Did the Recession of 2007-2009 Affect the Wealth and Retirement of the Near Retirement Age Population in the Health and Retirement Study? [PDF]
This paper uses asset and labor market data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to investigate how the recent "Great Recession" has affected the wealth and retirement of those in the population who were just approaching retirement age at the ...
Alan L. Gustman +2 more
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American Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Informal waste pickers play a crucial role in urban recycling systems but often face precarious employment and systematic marginalization. This study examines the evolving demographic, occupational, and health trends of informal waste pickers in Hong Kong between 2018 and 2023.
Siu‐Ming Chan +6 more
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An Attempt to Identify Factors Influencing Retirement Decisions in Poland
Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica, 2018 Discussions on how to prevent negative economic consequences of ageing of societies have resulted in the reforms that should prolong labour market participation and postpone retirement of longer living generations.
Anna Ruzik-Sierdzińska
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Social Security and Retirement Dynamics [PDF]
This paper is based on a structural model of retirement and saving, estimated with data for a sample of married men in the Health and Retirement Study.
Alan L. Gustman, Thomas L. Steinmeier
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explored the mediating influences of access to social activities, social services, and health and medical services on the relationship between social determinants of health and health‐related quality of life. A survey of 602 adults was conducted in a regional area of Australia.
Candice Oster +4 more
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