TY - JOUR T1 - Does stock market performance influence retirement intentions? JF - Journal of Human Resources Y1 - 2012 A1 - Gopi Shah Goda A1 - John B. Shoven A1 - Sita Nataraj Slavov KW - Methodology KW - Net Worth and Assets KW - Public Policy KW - Retirement Planning and Satisfaction AB - Media reports predicted that the stock market decline in October 2008 would cause changes in retirement intentions, due to declines in retirement assets. We use panel data from the Health and Retirement Study to investigate the relationship between stock market performance and retirement intentions during 1998-2008, a period that includes the recent crisis. While we find a weak negative correlation between stock returns and retirement intentions, further investigation suggests that this relationship is not driven by wealth shocks brought about by stock market fluctuations, but by other factors that are correlated with both the stock market and retirement intentions. PUBLICATION ABSTRACT PB - 47 VL - 47 IS - 4 U4 - great Recession/stock market/retirement planning/Rates of return/Correlation analysis/Securities markets/Securities markets/Retirement ER -