@article {Belbase26, author = {Anek Belbase and Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher and Christopher M. Gillis}, title = {Beyond Blue and White Collar: Age-Related Decline, Occupation, and Retirement Timing}, volume = {5}, number = {2}, pages = {26--41}, year = {2017}, doi = {10.3905/jor.2017.5.2.026}, publisher = {Institutional Investor Journals Umbrella}, abstract = {Retirement timing research has accounted for age-related decline in ability to work by classifying occupations as blue or white collar, but this rough categorization may throw out information. Instead, this article presents a susceptibility index that measures how susceptible the abilities required by an occupation are to early decline. The results suggest that (1) considerable variance exists, especially within white-collar occupations, in the importance of abilities that are known to show early decline; (2) this variance, as captured by the index, is predictive of early retirement; and (3) this variance captures more information than the common white- and blue-collar distinction.TOPICS: Retirement, legal/regulatory/public policy, statistical methods}, issn = {2326-6899}, URL = {https://jor.pm-research.com/content/5/2/26}, eprint = {https://jor.pm-research.com/content/5/2/26.full.pdf}, journal = {The Journal of Retirement} }