Disney, Richard, Ratcliffe, Anita and Smith, Sarah (2015) Booms, busts and retirement timing. Economica, 82 (327). pp. 399-419. ISSN 0013-0427

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Abstract

Cyclical fluctuations - which affect both asset and labour markets - can have an ambiguous effect on retirement. We explore this empirically using data from the British Household Panel Survey, exploiting small area geographic identifers to match local house prices, earnings and unemployment to respondents. We match stock prices via the date of interview. Our results show little evidence of any positive wealth effects despite large spatial and temporal variations in asset prices over the period analysed. We find more response to local labour market conditions - increases in unemployment are associated with earlier retirement while increases in wages delay retirement.

Item Type:	Article
Schools and Departments:	School of Business, Management and Economics > Economics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labour > HD4801 Labour. Work. Working class
Depositing User:	Richard Disney
Date Deposited:	25 Jul 2013 12:21
Last Modified:	17 Mar 2017 22:00
URI:	http://srodev.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/45769

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