Of all private nonfarm workers, 65 percent were employed in 1972 in establishments offering pension plans, compared with 58 percent in 1968. (Author)

Looks at spending patterns for families who are near retirement and compares them with patterns of those who have already retired. Provides information about the impact of retirement on consumer spending. Includes appendices on the results of regression analysis and regression techniques. (Author/JOW)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics' first survey of benefits available to state and local government employees reveals that public pension plans tend to provide more liberal benefits but are more likely to require employee contributions than are their private sector counterparts. (Author)

The average retirement age continued to decline in the 1990s after having leveled off during the preceding 10-15 years. The resumption of the decline is attributed largely to a rise in the labor force participation rate of older men and women between the mid-1980s and 2000. (Author/JOW)

Noneconomic factors such as level of education, job flexibility in work hours, and physical stress appear to influence older women's labor force participation resulting in many retired women who are employed. Some women classified as retired work nearly as many hours as those employed, although many employed older women work part time. (Contains…

In 1990, older Americans, especially those aged 65 to 74, had higher preretirement and pension earnings compared with their 1980 counterparts. (Author)

From 1965 to 1995, the United States, Germany, Japan, and Sweden all experienced a decline in the average age at which workers retire and an increase in the duration of retirement. Sweden and Germany particularly face elder dependency burdens, which may increase in the United States in the coming decade. (JOW)

As baby-boomers begin retiring, the effects on the overall economy and on certain occupations and industries will be substantial, creating a need for younger workers to fill vacated jobs, many of which require relatively high levels of skill. (JOW)