Retirement

<p>This book reviews summarizes and integrates a diverse literature on the topic of retirement and provides a coherent view to better inform researchers and practitioners. Organized around three phases of the retirement process--pre-retirement retirement decision-making and post-retirement--the chapters examine economic sociological gerontological and psychological theory and research. Topics discussed include: types of retirement retirement planning and preparation early retirement incentive programs the economics of the retirement decision-making and work after retirement among others. Contributors include Jerome Kaplan Kenneth Shultz Harvey Sterns and Linda Stroh.</p>