Article history: Received 18 December 2013 Available online 31 January 2014 Due to the graying of the global labor markets, post-retirement employment is becoming increasingly important in the 21st century. To better understand older people's decisions to engage in post-retirement employment, the current study investigated the role of the psychological experience of aging. Two dimensions that c...

Over recent decades, most developed countries have experienced a fall in fertility and an increase in longevity which have led to a significant increase in the weight of elderly on the population and a decrease in the number of working-age people per elderly population. Economists and politicians are concerned about the aging population process and the need to introduce policy reforms such as f...

The Public Policy Institute, formed in 1985, is part of Policy and Strategy at AARP. One of the missions of the Institute is to foster research and analysis on public policy issues of importance to older Americans. This paper represents part of that effort. The views expressed herein are for information, debate and discussion, and do not necessarily represent official views or formal policies o...

How Sensitive Are Retirement Decisions to Financial Incentives: A Stated Preference Analysis We study effects of financial incentives on the retirement age using stated preference data. Dutch survey respondents were given hypothetical retirement scenarios describing age(s) of (partial and full) retirement and replacement rate(s). A structural model is estimated in which utility is the discounte...

In 1984 the Public Health Bureau of Nagoya City began a new health check-up program to encourage citizens aged 40 years to have a medical examination. The rate of participation was 46.6% greater than that of the previous program; however, at about 16%, it was still low. From the survey in Moriyama Ward following results were suggested. Housewives and female part-time workers who had not had a h...

/LO that only those older men and s women who have actually retired from employment covered by old-age and survivors insurance will receive benefits under the program, the Social Security Act provides a test of retirement. The test is applicable for both retirement and survivor benefits when the beneficiary is under age 75. If the beneficiary, or the person on whose earnings the benefit is base...

Recent research has shown that participation in migrant labor markets has led to substantial increases in income for families in rural China. This article addresses the question of how participation is affected by elderly parent health. We find that younger adults are less likely to work as migrants when a parent is ill. Poor health of an elderly parent has less impact on the probability of emp...

The aging of the U.S. population, concerns over the long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare, and recent data have sparked much research on the labor supply of older individuals. The bulk of this research has focused on individuals approaching traditional retirement ages of fifty-five to sixty-four. However, much less research has considered the labor supply of individuals beyond this...

abstract background and purpose:the major motivation behind all human communities’ efforts and transformation is to promote and advance human beings health. this study aimed at to compare the effect of a healthy lifestyle electronic education on the knowledge and satisfaction of the elderly. materials and methods:this semi-experimental method has been done along with pre- and post-test for peop...