Retirement

Reports

• Delaying Retirement an Additional Year Could Offset Stock Market Losses (Urban Institute; February 2010)
• 2nd Annual MetLife U.S. Pension Risk Behavior Index (MetLife; February 2010)
• Pension Primer (National Institute on Retirement Security, 2010)
• Workers’ Response to the Market Crash: Work More, Save More? (Sass, Monk, and Haverstick; February 2010)
• Federal, State, and Local Governments: Finances of Selected State and Local Government Employee Retirement Systems (US Census Bureau; 2009)
• National Retirement Savings Systems in Australia, Chile, New Zealand and the United Kingdom: Lessons for the United States (John and Levine; July 2009)
• The Commonwealth Fund/National Opinion Research Center Survey of Retiree Health Benefits (The Commonwealth Fund; 2007)
• A Gradual Exit May Not Make for a Happier Retirement (BC; 2007)
• How do older Americans spend their time? (Bureau of Labor and Statistics; 2007)
• In Retirement Migration, Who Counts? A Methodological Question With Economic Policy Implications (Haas, Bradley, Longino, Stoller, and Serow; The Gerontologist; 2006)

News and Magazine Articles

• Why Baby Boomers Should Rethink Retirement (Kotz; US News and World Report; 2010)
• As work force grays, employers lag behind (Tahmincioglu; 2009)

Journal Articles

• Involuntary Retirement: The Role of Restrictive Circumstances, Timing, and Social Embeddedness (Van Solinge and Henkens; The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences; 2010)
• The Association Between Retirement and Emotional Well-being: Does Prior Work–Family Conflict Matter? (Coursolle, Sweeney, Raymo, and Ho; The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences; 2010)
• How Many Struggle To Get By In Retirement? (Butrica, Murphy,and Zedlewski; The Gerontologist; 2009)
• Women's Retirement Expectations: How Stable Are They? (Wong and Hardy; The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences; 2009)
• The Potential of Retirement (Whittington; The Gerontologist; 2008)

Congressional Records

• Saving Smartly for Retirement:  Are Americans Being Encouraged to Break Open the Piggy Bank? (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; 2008)
• Hidden 401(K) Fees: How Disclosure can Increase Retirement Security (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; 2007)
• Managing Retirement Assets: Ensuring Seniors Don't Outlive Their Savings (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; 2006)

Books

• How to Love Your Retirement: Advice from Hundreds of Retirees (Hundreds of Heads Survival Guides; 2006)
• The AARP Retirement Survival Guide: How to Make Smart Financial Decisions in Good Times and Bad (Jason; 2009)
• How to Retire Happy, Wild, and Free: Retirement Wisdom That You Won't Get from Your Financial Advisor (Zelinski; 2009)
• The New Retirement: Revised and Updated: The Ultimate Guide to the Rest of Your Life (Cullinane and Fitzgerald; 2007)

Websites

• Social Security Administration Retirement Information (SSA; updated 2010)
• National Institute on Retirement Security (updated 2010)
• Retirement Planning and Saving (CNN Money; ongoing)
• AARP Retirement (AARP; updated 2009)
• The Sloan Center on Aging and Work (Boston College; ongoing)