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The Adequacy of Retirement Savings: Subjective Survey Reports by Retired Canadians

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  • Sule Alan
  • Kadir Atalay
  • Thomas F. Crossley

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We examine retired Canadians’ subjective survey reports of satisfaction with finances,and with life, relative to the period before retirement.

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  • Sule Alan & Kadir Atalay & Thomas F. Crossley, 2007. "The Adequacy of Retirement Savings: Subjective Survey Reports by Retired Canadians," Quantitative Studies in Economics and Population Research Reports 418, McMaster University.
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    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • I31 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - General Welfare, Well-Being

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