Retirement and Residential Moves by Elderly Households

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This article investigates the timing of residential moves in relation to retirement of the household head and spouse, using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Among the unmarried, rates of mobility are higher in the year surrounding retirement than they are for either current workers or long-term retirees. Among married respondents, households in which the head is retired have higher rates of mobility compared to households with a working head, but the pattern of higher mobility at the time of retirement is muted. Head's health and wife's labor force status do not have an effect on residential mobility, but the lack of findings may result from the limited measures available.

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