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Retirement patterns from career employment.

Kevin E Cahill1, Michael D Giandrea, Joseph F Quinn

  • 1Analysis Group, Inc., 111 Huntington Avenue, 10th Floor, Boston, MA 02199, USA. kcahill@analysisgroup.com

The Gerontologist
|August 22, 2006
PubMed
Summary

Many older Americans transition gradually from career jobs to retirement, often utilizing "bridge jobs" for continued earnings. This trend reflects a shift towards extended working lives and reliance on employment income.

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Area of Science:

  • Gerontology
  • Labor Economics
  • Sociology of Retirement

Background:

  • Pre-1980s trends suggested earlier retirement patterns.
  • Growing concerns exist regarding traditional retirement income sources like Social Security, pensions, and savings.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate retirement pathways of older Americans.
  • Estimate the prevalence of intermediate labor force activity (bridge jobs) between career employment and full withdrawal.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized data from the Health and Retirement Study.
  • Analyzed work histories and retirement patterns of individuals aged 51-61 in 1992 over a 10-year period.
  • Employed multinomial logistic regression to examine determinants of retirement patterns.

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Main Results:

  • A majority of older Americans with career jobs experience gradual retirement.
  • Bridge job utilization is more common among younger retirees, those without defined-benefit pensions, and individuals at the extremes of the wage distribution.

Conclusions:

  • Older Americans are working longer than historically predicted.
  • Many older adults are increasingly relying on earnings from bridge jobs to supplement retirement income.
  • The findings suggest a significant shift in retirement behavior, with bridge jobs playing a crucial role in the extended working lives of older Americans.