Married Women's Retirement Behavior

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Silvana Pozzebon

HEC Montreal - Department of Human Resources Management; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Olivia S. Mitchell

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School; University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, Pension Research Council; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: December 1986

Abstract

In this paper we examine the economic and family determinants of married women's retirement behavior. A model of wives' retirement decisions is developed and tested empirically using data on working married women. Estimated response parameters are compared to those obtained previously for male workers. Our findings are directly relevant to policy questions regarding pension and Social Security reform.

Suggested Citation

Pozzebon, Silvana and Mitchell, Olivia S., Married Women's Retirement Behavior (December 1986). NBER Working Paper No. w2104, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=227395

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