The main purpose of this study is to assess the extent of withdrawal or retirement from the work force of persons of retirement age in the USSR during recent years and to compare such trends with corresponding developments in the United States. (Author)

Countries with mature social security systems have declining rates of labor force participation of the aged. The experience of nine countries (United States, Canada, Belgium, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom) over the last two decades provided the statistical data presented and analyzed in the…