The Effects of Subjective Survival on Retirements and Social Security Claiming
Published 2003
Mortality risk influences retirement and the desire to annuitize wealth. RAND finds that those with very low subjective probabilities of survival retire and claim earlier than those with higher probabilities, but that the effects are not large.
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- Availability: Web-Only
- Year: 2003
- Paperback Pages: 38
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/DRU3008
- Document Number: DRU-3008
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Hurd, Michael D., James P. Smith, and Julie Zissimopoulos, The Effects of Subjective Survival on Retirements and Social Security Claiming, RAND Corporation, DRU-3008, 2003. As of September 24, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3008.html
Hurd, Michael D., James P. Smith, and Julie Zissimopoulos, The Effects of Subjective Survival on Retirements and Social Security Claiming. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2003. https://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3008.html.
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