Traces development of pensions for retired teachers from 1891 to the 1930s. Presents excerpts from educational literature and primary sources such as letters and speeches to indicate various attitudes toward salaries, cost of living, financial problems of public school administration, and legislation mandating teacher retirement pay. (Author/DB)

This document is a short report on issues related to eliminating mandatory retirement ages. H.R. 4154, Congressman Pepper's bill to legislate elimination of mandatory retirement by removing the maximum age limitation of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, is included. The report includes the following sections: (1) questions and…

In a 1968 survey of the income of the aged, 8,248 persons were interviewed out of a population of 19.3 million persons aged 65 or over, excluding approximately 95,000 federal annuitants, 30,000 aliens, and a small number of persons not enrolled. The Current Medicare Survey was utilized to obtain certain selected characteristics of aged persons.…

Voluntary and nonvoluntary retirees were compared to determine individual factors that led to a voluntary or nonvoluntary decision to retire and impact of that decision on retirement attitudes and satisfaction. Health status and preretirement feelings about retirement were more significant predictors of retirement attitudes and satisfaction than…

Courses offered include one designed to prepare for retirement, and residential courses at the folk high schools''. (SP)

Describes a folk high school course for pensioners in Finland and the problems of involving older citizens in such a program. (Author/LF)

Early retirees are contrasted with on-time retirees in a study of 1,436 recent retirees. Few differences are found between those who retired early and those who retired on time among respondents who retired voluntarily. In contrast, early and on-time retirees differed among respondents who said they retired nonvoluntarily. (LRA)

Instead of material trinkets, many companies now offer valuable preretirement programs that are either developed by their own personnel departments or made available through third-party organizations. Typically, most programs help employees prepare for retirement by offering general information, financial and legal counsel, and health guidelines.…

A study showed that missing one's job was strongly related to a negative attitude toward retirement among the men studied, while having been committed to one's work was negatively related to life satisfaction in retirement. (Author)

A group has been formed to encourage and make use of the work of retired scholars, scientists, and thinkers. It is the Academy of Independent Scholars. (BB)

Workplace changes and increased longevity have heightened the need for retirement planning specialists. Specialists are beginning to focus more holistically on life planning and addressing the challenges of technology and the needs of low-income adults. (Contains 15 references.) (SK)

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)

As life expectancy increases, more people continue working later in life. Some retirement plans offer incentives, others disincentives to retire. Health, life, and disability insurance plans often have different provisions for older workers. (SK)