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Work after Retirement: Worklife Transitions of Career Public Employees

In: Incentives and Limitations of Employment Policies on Retirement Transitions: Comparisons of Public and Private Sectors

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  • Robert L. Clark
  • Robert G. Hammond
  • Siyan Liu

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Engaging in paid employment after claiming retirement benefits may be an important avenue for individuals to work longer as life expectancies rise. After separating from one’s career employer, individuals may engage in paid work to stay active or to supplement their current level of retirement savings or both. Individuals who choose not to work after claiming may be expressing their preference to stay retired, perhaps because their retirement income is sufficient. However, the decision to work after claiming may be driven by the lack of retirement planning and insufficient savings, while the lack of post-claiming work may reflect the inability to find adequate employment opportunities. We use administrative records merged with panel data from several surveys of public employees in North Carolina to study the decision to engage in paid work after claiming retirement benefits. More than 60 percent of active workers plan to work after claiming benefits, while only around 42 percent of the same sample of individuals have engaged in post-claiming paid work in the first few years after leaving public sector employment. Despite this gap, stated work plans are strongly predictive of actual post-claiming work behavior
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  • Robert L. Clark & Robert G. Hammond & Siyan Liu, 2019. "Work after Retirement: Worklife Transitions of Career Public Employees," NBER Chapters, in: Incentives and Limitations of Employment Policies on Retirement Transitions: Comparisons of Public and Private Sectors, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberch:14323
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    2. Hao Cheng, 2025. "External input and internal generation: the Chinese experience of how urban retired teachers maximize support for impoverished rural schools," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-12, December.

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    JEL classification:

    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • J45 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Public Sector Labor Markets

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