
<oai_dc:dc xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
  <dc:title>The well-being of retirees : evidence using subjective data</dc:title>
  <dc:title>Center for Retirement Research working paper</dc:title>
  <dc:subject>Personal Satisfaction</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Quality of Life -- psychology</dc:subject>
  <dc:subject>Retirement -- psychology</dc:subject>
  <dc:description>While previous economic research focuses on the financial well-being of retirees, this paper examines the determinants of overall well-being of retirees. Using data from the 2000 Health and Retirement Study, the strongest predictor of retirement well-being is the reason for entering retirement. If individuals were &apos;forced&apos; to retire, their well-being is significantly lower than those who chose to retire. This indicates the importance of expectations on retirement  satisfaction. Additionally, health, current income, and comparison retirement income have  important roles in determining overall well-being.</dc:description>
  <dc:publisher>Chestnut Hill, MA : Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, c2004</dc:publisher>
  <dc:contributor>Bender, K. A. (Keith A.)</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Boston College. Center for Retirement Research.</dc:contributor>
  <dc:type>Technical Report</dc:type>
  <dc:format>Text</dc:format>
  <dc:format>29 p.</dc:format>
  <dc:identifier>nlm:nlmuid-101468791-pdf</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>101468791</dc:identifier>
  <dc:identifier>http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101468791</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>English</dc:language>
  <dc:coverage>United States</dc:coverage>
  <dc:rights>Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0</dc:rights>
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