title: Retirement quandary:  more retirees at younger ages, living longer.
abstract: The authors examine trends in age at retirement and life expectancy in the United States.  "We used labor-force data from the Current Population Survey...to calculate the percentage change in labor-force participation rates for five-year birth cohorts over a series of five-year intervals.... Using these percentage changes, corrected for mortality during each five-year interval, we calculated the average age at retirement (median age) from the early 1950s to the late 1990s."
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gendell
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Siegel
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004651:Employment; D006280:Health Workforce; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008136:Longevity; D009026:Mortality; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012106:Research; D012179:Retirement; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Cohort Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Employment Status; Human Resources; Labor Force; Length Of Life; Life Expectancy; Mortality; North America; Northern America; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Retirement; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; United States