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Passing the Torch

The Influence of Economic Incentives on Work and Retirement

Joseph F. Quinn, Boston College
Richard V. Burkhauser, Syracuse University
Daniel A. Myers, Western Kentucky University

This book summarizes research on individual retirement decisions and aggregate retirement trends. It also serves as an excellent reference source on the economics of retirement.

Table of Contents
  1. Introduction and Overview
  2. The Individual Retirement Decision
  3. Retirement Incentives and the Retirement Decision: The Current Literature
  4. The Importance of Employer Pensions and Social Security at Younger Ages
  5. Transitions for Career Jobs
  6. Correlates of Career Job Transitions
  7. Summary and Conclusions
"Extensive footnotes; excellent bibliography. This book can admirably serve as the starting point for anyone who wants to know about the economics of the retirement decision." Choice

240 pp. 1990
$19 paper ISBN 0-88099-092-9 / ISBN-13 978-0-88099-092-9.

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