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Article: Retirement, Decision Making
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- Encyclopedia of Aging
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RETIREMENT, DECISION MAKING
Early literature on retirement focused almost exclusively on men. More recently, researchers have recognized that women may make the decision to retire somewhat differently from men due to differences in caregiving responsibilities, employment opportunities
and cultural expectations. In addition to the economic and health factors, recognition of these differences reminded researchers that, in addition to economic and health factors, caregiving responsibilities and the desire to retire at the same time as a spouse can influence both men and women
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s decisions. Significant differences in the economic resources and care-giving responsibilities of older men ...