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The baby boom, amenity retirement migration and retirement communities — will the golden age of retirement continue?
Author(s)	William H Haas, William J Serow
Journal title	Research on Aging, vol 24, no 1, January 2002
Pages	pp 150-164
Keywords	Retirement ; Preparation [retirement] ; Migration ; Retirement communities ; Economic status [elderly] ; United States of America.
Annotation	The leading edge of the baby boom is within a decade of the traditional retirement age. Will this generation experience the same "golden age of retirement" their parents experienced? Will the baby boom make that abrupt withdrawal from the labour force in their early 60s that typified the previous generation of retirees? Changes in US social security and pension plans along career patterns may produce a phased retirement slightly later in life. As the post World War II cohort reaches retirement, their economic status may be diminished, given changes in pension plans and the age structure. Finally, will the baby boom cohort have similar residential preferences to those of their parents in retirement? These factors may affect the course of the future development of retirement migration and the traditional migration community. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020416227 A
Classmark	G3: GA: TN: ROA: F:W: 7T
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