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| Family, public policy and retirement decisions | | Author(s) | Richard W Johnson, Jeong-Hwa Ho, James M Raymo |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 31, no 2, March 2009 |
| Pages | PP 139-290 (whole issue) |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Retirement policy ; Retirement reasons ; The Family ; Married couples ; Pensions ; Social policy ; Japan. |
| Annotation | The five studies in this issue of Research on Aging on the subject "family, public policy and retirement decisions" reveal the importance of examining individual retirement decisions within the context of the family and relevant public programmes. Family financial obligations and caregiving responsibilities are important determinants of labour supply decisions. Consideration only of influences upon the individual ignores many of the constraints and incentives that workers face when deciding upon retirement. Partners or spouses will often try to coordinate their exit from the labour market. Public policies - especially social security and how it interacts with various health and welfare programmes - and taxation are also influencing factors. Four of these studies are based on research undertaken in the United States; one study is based on data from Japan. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090422210 A |
| Classmark | G5: G4: SJ: SM: JJ: TM2: 7DT |
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