Open AccessEarly Retirement Windows
Author(s) -
Charles Brown
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
ssrn electronic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1556-5068
DOI - 10.2139/ssrn.1596115
Subject(s) - earnings , demographic economics , labour economics , work (physics) , work hours , business , economics , working hours , accounting , engineering , mechanical engineering
What happens to the employment status and earnings of workers who accept earlyretirement windows? Using data from the first six waves of HRS (1992-2002) I find that those who accepted window offers experience a sharp decline in employment - most do not go to work elsewhere. Those who do accept jobs elsewhere work fewer hours and receive significantly lower earnings per hour. Transitions to self-employment are more common among window acceptors than other workers.
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