Effects of Late-Life Job Loss on Wealth and Labor Supply
Effects of Late-Life Job Loss on Wealth and Labor Supply
This chapter considers the impact of job loss on economic well-being during retirement. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), it compares retirement wealth across individuals who experience a job loss and those who do not. Sizeable differences are reported, especially when the job loss occurs at young ages. Little evidence is found that displaced workers can make up these differences by shifting retirement to a later date. The inability to recover appears related to both the difficulty in becoming reemployed and, if a new job is found, working sufficiently long before retirement to offset the initial declines in assets.
Keywords: job loss, displacement, late-life, retirement, wealth, HRS
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