ISSUES IN RETIREMENT RESEARCH

Eleven knowledgeable researchers and administrators in the field of retirement explore basic issues in retirement research. Consideration is first given to definitions of retirement and types of retirement. Then attention is turned toward identifying pertinent research variables and research questions concerning: (1) factors in the decision to retire and the timing of retirement; (2) individual and household adjustment to changes in financial situation as a result of retirement; (3) the effects of retirement on couples; (4) the determinants of retirement migration; (5) the determinants of employer retirement policies; (6) the effects of retirement on work organizations; and (7) the effects of retirement on communities and on society at large. Priorities are assigned to the research questions identified. © 1979 Oxford University Press.