title: Recession and expected retirement age: another look at the evidence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article expands on earlier analyses that assessed whether the recent recession influenced retirement expectations.
  
  
  METHODS
  Acknowledging that planning for retirement is a complex process influenced by personal preferences, resources, economic factors, institutional policies, and social norms, we test more comprehensive models than those used in previous studies, using data from the 2006 and 2008 waves (Waves 8 and 9) of the Health and Retirement Study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Our results confirm that economic changes impinge on retirement expectations, but they also show stronger influences of other factors such as debts and the work environment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As the baby boom cohorts approach retirement age, it will be important to better understand how workers consider macro factors such as the state of the economy and firm-level factors and personal finances when planning for retirement.
authors: *Address correspondence to Maximiliane E. Szinovacz, Department of Gerontology, University of Massachusetts Boston, 100 Morrissey Blvd, Boston, MA 02125. E-mail: maxi.szinovacz@umb.edu.
authors: Maximiliane E
authors: ME
authors: Szinovacz
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authors: Martin
authors: Adam
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authors: Davey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010415:Pensions / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011640:Public Policy; D012179:Retirement / Q000191:economics*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012943:Social Security / Q000191:economics*; D014481:United States
keywords: Income/pension; Retirement; Workforce issues