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What Has Driven the Recent Increase in Retirements?

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  • Jun Nie
  • Shu-Kuei X. Yang

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During the pandemic, the share of retirees in the U.S. population rose much faster than its normal pace. Typically, an increase in this share is driven by more people transitioning from employment to retirement. However, we show that the recent increase was instead driven by fewer people transitioning from retirement back into employment, likely due to pandemic-related health risks. More retirees may rejoin the workforce as these health risks fade, but the retirement share is unlikely to return to a normal level for some time.

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  • Jun Nie & Shu-Kuei X. Yang, 2021. "What Has Driven the Recent Increase in Retirements?," Economic Bulletin, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, issue August 11, pages 1-4, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedkeb:92967
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    Cited by:

    1. Faberman, R. Jason & Mueller, Andreas I. & Şahin, Ayşegül, 2022. "Has the Willingness to Work Fallen during the Covid Pandemic?," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 79(C).
    2. Bart Hobijn & Ayşegül Şahin, 2022. ""Missing" Workers and "Missing" Jobs Since the Pandemic," Working Paper Series WP 2022-54, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
    3. Johannes Matschke & Sai Sattiraju, 2021. "Labor Markets Are Tight, but Conditions Vary across States," Economic Bulletin, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, issue Dec 22, 2, pages 1-4, December.

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