DAYMONT, THOMAS N.
ANDRISANI, PAUL J.
Health and Economic Status of Very Early Retirees
Aging and Work 6,2 (1983): 117-135
Cohort(s): Older Men
ID Number: 538
Publisher: National Council on the Aging

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This study begins by reviewing key issues raised in the Kingson-Myers debate. Then, using Kingson's analysis as a point of departure, we compare the health and economic status of different groups of Very Early Retirees (VERs). Comparisons of mortality, functional and work limitations indicate that Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) recipients had somewhat more severe health problems and work limitations than unhealthy nonrecipients of SSDI. A substantial number of unhealthy nonrecipients of SSDI received other disability benefits or appeared to be ineligible for SSDI for reasons other than health. Unhealthy VERs who did not receive any disability benefits suffered somewhat greater economic hardship than did recipients of SSDI or other disability benefits. Group differences in health notwithstanding, the finding that a substantial proportion of nonrecipients with severe health problems experienced poverty indicates Kingson's concern that some unhealthy VERs may have been denied SSDI benefits unfairly is warranted. But the analysis also reveals that the social problem is not nearly as large as Kingson's analysis suggests, and a few SSDI recipients may not have deserved benefits.

ERENBURG, M.
Men in the Pre-Retirement Years: Papers on the Occasion of a Conference on National Longitudinal Surveys of Men 45-64 Years of Age
Aging and Work 3,4 (Fall 1980): 279-280
Cohort(s): Older Men
ID Number: 616
Publisher: National Council on the Aging

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This paper presents a brief summary of NLS and non-NLS-based research on pre-retirement men. Reviewed are NLS papers by S. Muller, "Determinants of Poverty Status and Poverty-Level Wages: A Reconsideration of Human Capital Theory"; R.E.Hall, "The Effectiveness of Training Programs in Raising Earnings"; P. Andrisani,"Health Limitations and Labor Market Experience During the Pre-Retirement Years"; and A. Bartel and G. Borjas, "Middle-Aged Job Mobility: Its Determinants and Consequences" as well as non-NLS research by E. Ginzberg, "Programs and Policies for Men in the Pre-Retirement Years" and D. Affeldt, "The Outlook for the Older Worker".

KINGSON, ERIC R.
Critique of Early Retirement Study Disputed
Aging and Work 5,2 (1982): 93-110
Cohort(s): Older Men
ID Number: 1202
Publisher: National Council on the Aging

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This article responds to a critique (Myers, l982) challenging the research findings published in Aging and Work (Kingson, l98l) that indicate a significant portion of men withdraw from the labor force before age 62 due to health problems, but without receiving disability benefits. The critique also argues that findings from the various studies showing poor health to be an important contributing factor to retirement before age 65 are not necessarily valid. The critique is rejected because: (l) it fails to recognize that conclusions published in the Aging and Work article are based on several health indicators--not simply mortality findings; (2) it fails to acknowledge that its central criticism--the possibility of a fallacy of aggregation which invalidates the mortality findings--was accounted for in the original analysis; and (3) the hypothetical model developed to illustrate the inconclusiveness of the findings is based on questionable and often unsubstantiated assumptions.

KINGSON, ERIC R.
Retirement Circumstances of Very Early Retirees: A Life Cycle Perspective
Aging and Work 4,3 (Summer 1981): 161-174
Cohort(s): Older Men
ID Number: 1207
Publisher: National Council on the Aging

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A life cycle perspective is applied to an analysis of retirement incomes and control over labor force exit experienced by men who left work before age 62--very early retirees (VERs). Findings suggest events occurring early in a worker's life, and often beyond his control, influence retirement incomes and control over labor force withdrawal. They are consistent with an interpretation that institutional arrangements in society usually lead to differential opportunity tracks, resulting in some VERs experiencing favorable educational and labor force entry opportunities that later translate into higher probabilities of advantageous very early retirement circumstances, while others experience the opposite. Some major policy implications are: (1) preventive measures designed to deal with problems of disadvantaged very early retirees should intervene early in a worker's life; (2) significant solutions to these problems require major adjustments in society's opportunity structure; and (3) it is socially inequitable to reduce Social Security benefits for disadvantaged early retirees. In addition, the life cycle perspective may be useful to understand other aspects of the retirement process.

PARNES, HERBERT S.
Health, Pension Policy and Retirement
Aging and Work 6,2 (1983): 93-101
Cohort(s): Older Men
ID Number: 1839
Publisher: National Council on the Aging

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Evidence from the NLS Older Men's cohort shows that self-reported health measures can be used with reasonable confidence to assess the role of health in the retirement decision. Retirement decisions are complex and are influenced by a number of economic and noneconomic factors, although it is not possible to estimate confidently their relative importance. These include health, attitude toward work in general, satisfaction with current job, and level of prospective retirement income.

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