The Retirement Decision of Working Married Couples: A test of some competing hypotheses

Year of Publication
2001
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Abstract

This dissertation investigates the retirement decision of married couples. Using the longitudinal Health and Retirement Study (hrs), i test how well the stackelberg model of joint decision-making fit the data. I test several hypotheses regarding leadership role in the household. I also use sub-samples defined by cluster analysis to allow for heterogeneity in decision-making.

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Economics, General (0501)
Date Published
2001
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5029
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ISBN 0-493-65428-3
University
State University of New York at Stony Brook
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