Tag: retirement policy
The brief’s key findings are: The conventional view is that retirees prefer steady consumption as they age, but research focusing on new retirees tends to show a sharp drop right at retirement. This study looks at consumption over longer periods and explores whether wealth and health constraints might cause retirees to consume less than they…
It’s always interesting to see which Squared Away blogs get the strongest reaction from our readers. The June blog, “Husbands Ignore Future Widows’ Needs,” was one of them. Some readers felt that the results of the study described in the article don’t match up with their experiences. The researchers determined that husbands often are not…
