Q: Is retirement the point where a person stops employment completely? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is retirement of recent origin? ¶
A: Yes, and being introduced during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Q: Is retirement large because people tend to be ill more frequently in later life? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is retirement also a euphemistic term for accepting termination of employment before retirement age as part of the employer's labor force rationalization? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is retirement difficult to estimate empirically since observing greater wealth at older ages may be the result of increased saving over the working life in anticipation of earlier retirement? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is retirement a serious concern to many older adults? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Is retirement significant for both self-assessed and objective indicators of health status? ¶
A: Yes.
Q: Are retirements likely to increase in response to the crisis? ¶
A: Yes.