How Does Cognitive Decline Affect Retirement Policy?

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This issue in brief series examines ways in which cognitive aging might affect retirement security, specifically the ability to work and to manage finances. The project relies on a review of the literature supplemented with data from the Health and Retirement Study. Since the briefs are each based on a review of dozens of papers, a critical component of the analysis involved finding consistent themes and reconciling sometimes contradictory studies.

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