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This book reviews, summarizes, and integrates a diverse literature on the topic of retirement and provides a coherent view to better inform researchers and practitioners. Organized around three phases of the retirement process--pre-retirement, retirement decision-making, and post-retirement--the chapters examine economic, sociological, gerontological, and psychological theory and research. Topics discussed include: types of retirement, retirement planning and preparation, early retirement incentive programs, the economics of the retirement decision-making, and work after retirement, among others. Contributors include Jerome Kaplan, Kenneth Shultz, Harvey Sterns, and Linda Stroh.
- Introduction and Overview of Current Research and Thinking on Retirement, T.A. Beehr and G.A. Adams
- Contexts and Pathways: Retirement as Institution, Process, and Experience, M.D. Szinovacz
- Retirement Planning and Preparation, M.A. Taylor
- Endgame: The Design and Implementation of Early Retirement Incentive Programs, D.C. Feldman
- Extending Work Lives: Are Current Approaches Tools or Talismans?, M.M. Greller and L.K. Stroh
- The Economics of the Retirement Decision, C.B. Hatcher
- Beyond Health and Wealth: Attitudinal and Other Influences on Retirement Decision-making, J.L. Barnes-Farrell
- Self-Management of Career and Retirement, H.L. Sterns and J. Kaplan
- Bridge Employment: Work After Retirement, K.S. Shultz
- Early Retirement Systems and Behavior: An International Perspective, K. Henkens, H.P. Van Dalen, and Erasmus
- University Rotterdam Data Analytic Techniques for Retirement Research, M.J. Zickar and R.E. Gibby
- Concluding Observations and Future Endeavors, T.A. Beehr and G.A. Adams