The Retirement-Consumption Puzzle

Anticipated and Actual Declines in Spending at Retirement

Michael D. Hurd, Susann Rohwedder

Published 2003

The authors find that data on anticipated consumption changes at retirement and on realized consumption changes following retirement show that reductions in consumption at retirement are fully anticipated.

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  • Year: 2003
  • Paperback Pages: 33
  • Document Number: DRU-3009

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Hurd, Michael D. and Susann Rohwedder, The Retirement-Consumption Puzzle: Anticipated and Actual Declines in Spending at Retirement, RAND Corporation, DRU-3009, 2003. As of September 5, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3009.html
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Hurd, Michael D. and Susann Rohwedder, The Retirement-Consumption Puzzle: Anticipated and Actual Declines in Spending at Retirement. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2003. https://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU3009.html.
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