Retirement Timing
A Review and Recommendations for Future Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16899324 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gwenith G Fisher (0000-0002-7063-0986, Colorado State University), Dorey S Chaffee (0000-0001-7795-4820, Colorado State University), Amanda Sonnega (0000-0003-4401-0078, Colorado State University) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 230-261 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Work Aging and Retirement (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2054-4650 • E-ISSN: 2054-4650 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/workar/waw001 |
| OpenAlex | W2339455716 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 128 |
| References cited | 216 |
Although there have been many reviews of the retirement literature in recent years, the issue of retirement timing has received less attention, neglecting some large and important issues. Further, a significant number of empirical articles about retirement timing have been published across multiple disciplines since these review articles were written. The purpose of our study is to review and integrate prior research regarding retirement timing. We define retirement timing as the age or relative point at which workers exit from their position or career path (e.g., early, on time, and later). We propose a model to serve as an organizing framework for understanding retirement timing. Our model includes antecedents and consequences that are each grouped in terms of individual, family, work, and sociocultural factors related to the timing of the retirement process. We identify and discuss key factors that serve to moderate the relation between retirement timing and consequences. Finally, we identify gaps in the current literature and provide recommendations for future research.
Actuarial science · Economics · Political science · Process (computing) · Sociocultural evolution · Work (physics) · Computer Science · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Gerontology
Aging, Work, and Retirement
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Subjective Well-being of Migrants in Russia
Interview with John W. Meyer
Regional Differences in Access to Educational Resources, Academic Results and Students' Trajectories in Russia
Work till old age
Theoretical Challenges and Social Inequalities in Active Ageing
Educational qualification differences and early labor market exit among men
Basic Income
An Organizational Socialization Perspective on Young Adults’ Ideas About Retirement
Adaptation or Exploration? Understanding Older Workers’ Plans for Post-Retirement Paid and Volunteer Work
The Moderating Role of Employment Status and Gender on Relationships Between Psychological Age and Health
Cognitive Ability, Personality, and Pathways to Retirement
Workforce Transitions and Social Connectedness Among Older Adults in the United States
Activities Matter
Examining Bridge Employment From a Self-employment Perspective—Evidence From the Health and Retirement Study
Beyond Hours Worked and Dollars Earned
Happily ever after
Unmet Expectations About Work at Age 62 and Depressive Symptoms
Early Adversity and Late Life Employment History—A Sequence Analysis Based on SHARE
Integrating career, health, and finance in a holistic retirement planning intervention for Australian older workers
Getting the Hours You Want in the Preretirement Years
Trajectories of job resources and the timing of retirement
Labor Market Vulnerability of Older Workers in the Netherlands and its Impact on Downward Mobility and Reduction of Working Hours
The Road to Retirement
Gender differences in retirement decisions and outcomes
The Distribution of Time in Retirement
Older Workers’ Emotional Reactions to Rising Retirement Age
An Application of the Resource-Based Dynamic Process Model in the Context of Retirement Planning
Longitudinal Research
Later Life Workplace Index
Sense of Control, Job Stressors, and Well-Being
Knowledge Transfer Between Younger and Older Employees
The working life course of aging LGBTQ workers
Change in Job Satisfaction Negatively Predicts Change in Retirement Intentions
The Impact of Changes in Episodic Memory Surrounding Retirement on Subsequent Risk of Disability, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality
Inequalities in Retirement Life Span in the United States
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Blended Work and Employment Participation of Older Workers
Matching the Pieces
Gender and Educational Inequalities in Extending Working Lives
A Comparison of Subjective and Objective Job Demands and Fit With Personal Resources as Predictors of Retirement Timing in a National U.S. Sample
Does Retirement Change What Individuals Value in Life? Results From a 3-Year Panel Study
Gender differences in work expectations and psychological distress
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Aging in Different Welfare Contexts
Development and validation of the short form of the Later Life Workplace Index
Are Trajectories of Preferred Retirement Ages Associated with Health, Work Ability and Effort–Reward Imbalance at Work? Findings from a 6-Year Swedish Longitudinal Study
Quality of Life and Health
Sustainable Working Life in Intensive Care
Recent UK retirees’ views about the work-related factors which influenced their decision to retire
Financial Reasons for Working beyond the Statutory Retirement Age
Incentives behind and Experiences of Being Active in Working Life after Age 65 in Sweden
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Barriers and Willingness to Accept Re-Employment among Unemployed Senior Workers
Health- and Age-Related Workplace Factors as Predictors of Preferred, Expected, and Actual Retirement Timing
Factors Contributing to Retirement Decisions in Denmark
Employment and retirement impacts on health and wellbeing among a sample of rural Australians
Personal and Work-Oriented Characteristics Distinguishing Older Nurses’ Partial or Complete Actual Retirement Behavior over Three Years
Trajectories of Procedural and Interactional Justice as Predictors of Retirement among Swedish Workers
Prospective Drivers of Nurses’ Partial or Complete Retirement Seven Years Later
Understanding Latent Profiles of Depression among Early Years of Retirement
Retirement
Health and morbidity among people in paid work after 64 years of age
Working time reduction, mental health, and early retirement among part-time teachers at German upper secondary schools - a cross-sectional study
Determinants of Early Retirement Intentions
‘What could make me stay at work’
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Determining the successful post-retirement adjustment and well-being of Tanzanian teachers
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Impact of Retirement on Quality of Life
Working Conditions, Psychological Well-Being of Older Employees and Retirement Timing
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Do elderly want to work? Modeling elderly’s decision to fight aging Thailand
(Re)production of Inequalities in Retirement Practices and Meanings Assigned to the Term ‘Retiree’ in the Post-Communist Context
Born to work longer? Lifetime socioeconomic dynamics, pension eligibility, and late-life employment in urban China
Labour market trajectories and unemployment of older workers in Europe after the Great Recession
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Routes to retirement, working conditions and quality of life in comparative perspective
Transition to grandparenthood and early retirement in midlife
When time is running out
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Meaning of working for older nurses and nursing assistants in Sweden
Hispanics’ Retirement Transitions and Differences by Nativity
Health Effects of Late-Career Unemployment
Gates to retirement and gender differences
Level of choice in older women’s decisions to retire or continue working and associated well-being
Retirement preparedness
Prolonging working life among blue-collar workers
Prompts cause people to update their preference of when to take retirement and increase confidence in choice
Involuntary and Delayed Retirement as a Possible Health Risk for Lower Educated Retirees
The Analysis of Predictors of Retirement Preferences over Time
Combining Work and Care
The changing geographies of old-age employment in Sweden 1990–2021
Early Retirement and Late Retirement
Applying a life course perspective to retirement
Disrespect at Work, Distress at Home
Healthy retirement begins at school
Social integration in the second half of life
Live Longer, Work Longer
A Continuity Theory of Normal Aging
Mental work demands, retirement, and longitudinal trajectories of cognitive functioning.
Bridge employment and retirees’ health
Gender, employment and retirement quality
Profiling retirees in the retirement transition and adjustment process
Individual and work factors related to perceived work ability and labor force outcomes.
Life expectancy
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What's the Latest? II. Cultural Age Deadlines for Educational and Work Transitions
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Psychological Research on Retirement
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Antecedents and consequences of retirement planning and decision-making
Marital Characteristics and Retirement Decisions
Employee Retirement
Quality of work, well-being, and intended early retirement of older employees--baseline results from the SHARE Study
The Effects of Retirement on Physical and Mental Health Outcomes
The Influence of Push and Pull Factors on Voluntary and Involuntary Early Retirees' Retirement Decision and Adjustment
Measuring Meaningful Work
Influence of poor health on exit from paid employment
The Process of Retirement
Retirement adjustment
Sample Selection Bias as a Specification Error
Consequences of Individuals' Fit at Work
Working Beyond 65
The Life Course Perspective Applied to Families Over Time
Self-efficacy
Causal Effects of Retirement Timing on Subjective Physical and Emotional Health
The Influence of Interlocked Employment–Family Trajectories on Retirement Timing
Working After Retirement
A Matter of Time
Job Attitudes Are Differentially Associated With Bridge Employment and Phased Retirement Among Older Australian Employees
Late Career Decision-Making
The Interaction Between Older Workers' Personal Resources and Perceived Age Discrimination Affects the Desired Retirement Age and the Expected Adjustment
Is Workplace Flexibility Good Policy? Evaluating the Efficacy of Age Management Strategies for Older Women Workers
Winding Down and Boozing Up
The Impact of Midlife Educational, Work, Health, and Family Experiences on Men's Early Retirement
The Impact of Involuntary Job Loss on Subsequent Alcohol Consumption by Older Workers
Precarious Employment, Bad Jobs, Labor Unions, and Early Retirement
Retirement Transitions and Spouse Disability
Involuntary Retirement
Late-Career Work Disengagement
Who Expects to Continue Working After Age 62? The Retirement Plans of Couples
Why Do Boomers Plan to Work Longer
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Retirement Intentions and Spousal Support
Retired EU migrants, healthcare rights and European social citizenship
The social connectedness of older Europeans
Involuntary retirement, bridge employment, and satisfaction with life
Australian baby boomers retiring ‘early’
Retirement timing in Europe
Couples' Work/Retirement Transitions, Gender, and Marital Quality
Work-related factors as predictors in the retirement decision-making process of older workers in the Netherlands
Older job seekers' job search intensity
The outdoor mobility and leisure activities of older people in five European countries
Does gradual retirement have better outcomes than abrupt retirement? Results from an Australian panel study
Association of retirement age with mortality
Is retirement good or bad for mental and physical health functioning? Whitehall II longitudinal study of civil servants
Determinants of early retirement preferences in Europe
Pathways to retirement
The Effect of Private Wealth on the Retirement Rate
Booms, Busts and Retirement Timing
A three-phase model of retirement decision making
Psychological perspectives on the changing nature of retirement
Too old to work, or too young to retire? The pervasiveness of age norms in Western Europe
Becoming a Grandparent and Early Retirement in Europe
Late Careers in Europe
The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research
The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research
Time, Human Agency, and Social Change
Where wealth matters more for health
Social integration in the second half of life
Aiming for Efficiency Rather than Proficiency
Mental Retirement
How Longer Work Lives Ease the Crunch of Population Aging
Understanding the Time-Squeeze
Deciding the Future
Bulls, Bears, and Retirement Behavior
Consequences of Seniority Wages on the Employment Structure
Occupational Age Structure and Access for Older Workers
Health Insurance Costs and Early Retirement Decisions
How do employers cope with an ageing workforce
Economic Pressure and Marital Conflict in Retirement-Aged Couples
Dimensions of Marital Quality and Retirement
Retirement Satisfaction for Retirees and their Spouses
Men's Retirement and Marital Quality
Informal Caregiving and Retirement Timing among Men and Women
Mapping the Minds of Retirement Planners
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| Unique citing works | 128 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 12,8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 121 |