...Chapter 3 contains the first research story, which reflects on the situated experiences, attitudes and opinions of a ‘baby boomer’ couple, the ‘Cees’, who are recent retirees or ‘third agers’ that split their time between Northern Ireland and England. This is a narrative account inviting readers...

... for factory outlets, to which busloads of retirees and bargain-hunters flocked from all across the mid-Atlnatic. He details the products produced in that area. He tells of the new important skill he learned when he participated in Boy Scout activities. Pennsylvania grandparents Northeastern Pennsylvania...

.... The usual disclaimer applies. This chapter outlines the recent evolution of the credit market in Brazil and the chronology of payroll lending, emphasizing the relevant events, such as the approval of a law regulating payroll lending for retirees and the judicial decision on the legality of payroll...

... boomer years of retirement. While some of the values associated with these communities are controversial, the reader should enjoy the images of warmth and sunshine in the dead of winter, the growing prosperity of retirees, and the improving health and personal energy that has made it possible...

...This chapter explores the demographic and economic characteristics of early retirees and their tendency to return to the labour market after qualifying for retirement pensions. It finds that nearly 85% of living retirees retired early. It also shows that around 45% of male early pension recipients...

... is not clear given that many workers have trouble making sound financial decisions. The chapter presents data showing the disposition of employer-sponsored retirement benefits at termination of employment between 1992 and 2004. It considers the increase in the number of retirees who discarded retirement...

...As members of the baby boom generation head into retirement, they face an economic environment that has changed noticeably since their parents retired. Most of these new retirees will not be equipped, as many in the earlier generation were, with private pension plans, early retirement options...

...Florida has long been a beacon for retirees, but for many, the American dream of owning a home there was a fantasy. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called "installment land sales industry" hawked billions of dollars of Florida residential property, sight unseen, to retiring northerners...

...Many countries have social security systems that are currently financially unsustainable. Economists and policy makers have long studied this problem and identified two key causes. First, as declining birth rates raise the share of older persons in the population, the ratio of retirees to benefits...

...Social security is the largest and perhaps the most popular program run by the federal government. Given the projected increase in both individual life expectancy and sheer number of retirees, however, the current system faces an eventual overload. Alternative proposals have emerged, ranging from...

...This chapter delves into the reasons why most retirees do not choose life annuities despite the fact that they are, according to pension experts, the best way for them to ensure that they do not run out of money. Upon retirement, baby boomers have several options in receiving payouts from...

...This chapter draws together previous research on withdrawals from retirement saving plans to gauge the importance of such withdrawals on the saving balances of future retirees. The chapter is organized as follows. Section 1.1 summarizes the recent studies that have explored the importance of lump...

... networking Technology and access to alternative health care Workplace health hazards San Jose Medical Center closure of empowerment retirement wok survival retirees health insurance financial insecurity Tree over and down Its root-rot clear to the air, dirt tilted...

... for financial support by the State of Baden-Württemberg and the German Insurers Association (GDV). This chapter examines long-term development in subjective well-being or overall life satisfaction before and after retirement. Several hypotheses are considered: (1) early retirees suffer from retirement, compared...

...This chapter focuses on the most important and most famous of the developers, Del Webb, and how he conceived and implemented the concept of “active retirement” and “a new way of life” for retirees. Del Webb characterized the typical resident of his Sun City, Arizona, development as the guy who...

..., and a research associate at the NBER. The number of older persons in any demographic group has increased very rapidly relative to the number of younger persons and this trend will continue. Thus, the proportion of retirees has increased relative to the number of employed persons who must pay for the benefits...

... in a segment of the population that law and other public interventions figure as wealthy in both material and temporal senses, and which can therefore be cast as continually obliged to society in ways that younger generations cannot. The transformation of retirees from social into ethical citizens relies...

... L Kotlikoff L J Spivak A retirees elderly financial preparation economic preparation health care spending out of pocket The most common metric for assessing the adequacy of economic preparation for retirement is the income replacement rate, the ratio of income after retirement to income...

... is not very common in the Nordic countries. The connections between the different dimensions of dis-welfare are stronger among the disability pensioners and the early retirees; that is, among those outside the labour force rather than among older people who are employed. However, the risk of having cumulative...

... green polyester slacks and white sneakers fit the all-purpose dress code for Las Vegas retirees. The words “Ten Commandments,” printed on her Tshirt, peek out from her zippered sweater. She checks her watch, but not in the manner of someone who is late.She isn’t. Her bus isn’t scheduled to arrive...