title: The relationship between retirement life cycle changes and older men's labor force participation rates.
abstract: This study probes the utility of older men's labor force participation rates (LFPRs) as indicators of the work-to-retirement transition. Specific attention is directed at how shifts in the retirement life cycle are related to LFPRs. Based on Current Population Survey data for the 1970s, a life table modeling approach showed that LFPRs are relatively weak indicators of the work-to-retirement transition. This was demonstrated by the relative stability in older men's age profiles of LFPRs despite significant changes in the timing and "organization" of the work-to-retirement transition. The 1970s evidenced a contraction of the main career and the expansion of both post-retirement work activity and retirement, yet none of these changes substantially altered the age profiles of older men's labor force participation rates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Sociology, Pennsylvania State University.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Hayward
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Crimmins
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Wray
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008017:Life Expectancy; D015993:Life Tables; D008571:Men / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012179:Retirement; D014481:United States; D014937:Work / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*