Planning ahead: consumer expenditure patterns in retirement (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, July 2002

Planning ahead: consumer expenditure patterns in retirement

Geoffrey D. Paulin
Senior Economist, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: Paulin_G@bls.gov

Abby L. Duly
Economist, Division of Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Email: Duly_A@bls.gov

The ‘graying’ of the population creates a need to examine the role that retirement plays on expenditure decisions of various demographic groups of retirees.

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Related BLS programs

Consumer Expenditure Surveys

Expenditure patterns of older Americans, 1984-97.—May 2000.
Expenditure patterns of retired and nonretired persons.—Apr. 1994.

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