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Modeling the retirement process
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Alan L. Gustman
Economist, Dartmouth College, research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Mass
Thomas L., Steinmeier
Associate professor of economics at Texas Tech University and a research economist at the National Bureau of Economic Research
A sizable minority of men who retire continue to work part time, although the duration of partial retirement trends to be brief; a small number actually increase hour of work after a period of retirement or semiretirement when personal or economic circumstances change.
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