@mastersthesis {6261,
	title = {The effects of childbearing patterns on the timing of retirement},
	volume = {Ph.D.},
	year = {2010},
	pages = {143},
	school = {University of Massachusetts Boston},
	type = {Dissertation},
	abstract = {The effects of childbearing patterns on the timing of men{\textquoteright}s and women{\textquoteright}s retirement were examined. The data for this study come from the Health and Retirement Study, waves 1-7: 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004. A proportional hazard model (Cox regression) was chosen for this study. Two measures of retirement were considered: labor force exit and self-defined retirement. The results indicated that men with dependent children are more likely to postpone the timing of labor force exit and their self-definition as retired. At the same time, the study indicated that the presence (or absence) and timing of early childbearing experience has a long-term effect on the timing of retirement in later life. In particular, for both men and women, childbearing factors associated with a greater family burden in early life (e.g., parenthood and early childbearing) are related to a later labor force exit. The number of children, however, only affects the timing of women{\textquoteright}s labor force exit.},
	keywords = {Adult children, Employment and Labor Force, Methodology, Retirement Planning and Satisfaction},
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	author = {Chung, Hsiao-Yin}
}
