TY - RPRT T1 - The Relationship Between Job Characteristics and Retirement Y1 - 1993 A1 - Michael D Hurd A1 - Kathleen McGarry KW - Consumption and Savings KW - Employment and Labor Force KW - Pensions KW - Time Use AB - We study the influence of job characteristics on prospective retirement as measured by the probability of working past age 62 or 65. The characteristics fall into three broad classes: physical and mental requirements, job flexibility including employer accommodation to older workers, and financial aspects such as pensions and health care insurance. Using data from the Health and Retirement Survey, we find that physical and mental job requirements have a rather small influence on prospective retirement, whereas measures of job flexibility and financial aspects of the job are important determinants. PB - National Bureau of Economic Research UR - https://www.nber.org/papers/w4558 N1 - ProCite field 8 : SUNY-Stony Brook and NBER; UCLA and National Bureau of Econ U4 - Time Allocation--Work Behavior/Time Allocation--Labor Supply/Economics of the Elderly/Older Workers/Pension ER -