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Booms, Busts and Retirement Timing

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  • Richard Disney
  • Anita Ratcliffe
  • Sarah Smith

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type="main" xml:id="ecca12133-abs-0001"> Cyclical fluctuations—which affect both asset and labour markets—can have an ambiguous effect on retirement. We explore this empirically using data from the British Household Panel Survey, exploiting small area geographic identifiers to match local house prices, earnings and unemployment to respondents. We match stock prices via the date of interview. Our results show little evidence of any positive wealth effects despite large spatial and temporal variations in asset prices over the period analysed. We find more response to local labour market conditions—increases in unemployment are associated with earlier retirement, while increases in wages delay retirement.

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  • Richard Disney & Anita Ratcliffe & Sarah Smith, 2015. "Booms, Busts and Retirement Timing," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 82(327), pages 399-419, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:econom:v:82:y:2015:i:327:p:399-419
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    1. Renata Bottazzi & Serena Trucchi & Matthew Wakefield, 2021. "Labour supply responses to financial wealth shocks: evidence from Italy," Fiscal Studies, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 42(2), pages 291-317, June.
    2. Richard Disney & John Gathergood, 2018. "House Prices, Wealth Effects and Labour Supply," Economica, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 85(339), pages 449-478, July.
    3. Jie Chen & Mingzhi Hu & Zhenguo Lin, 2023. "China’s Housing Reform and Labor Market Participation," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 67(2), pages 218-242, August.
    4. Lingxiao Zhao & Gregory Burge, 2017. "Housing Wealth, Property Taxes, and Labor Supply among the Elderly," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 35(1), pages 227-263.
    5. Leora Friedberg & Michael T. Owyang & Wei Sun & Anthony Webb, 2017. "How Do Local Labor Markets Affect Retirement?," Review, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, vol. 99(3), pages 259-278.
    6. Lingxiao Zhao & Gregory Burge, 2021. "Retirement, Unretirement, and Housing Wealth during the Great Recession," The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Springer, vol. 62(3), pages 342-369, April.
    7. Chunil Kim & Hyobi Choi & Yeol Choi, 2021. "Retirement Age and Housing Consumption: The Case of South Korea," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(3), pages 1-21, January.

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