RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Beyond Blue and White Collar: Age-Related Decline, Occupation, and Retirement Timing JF The Journal of Retirement FD Institutional Investor Journals SP 26 OP 41 DO 10.3905/jor.2017.5.2.026 VO 5 IS 2 A1 Anek Belbase A1 Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher A1 Christopher M. Gillis YR 2017 UL https://pm-research.com/content/5/2/26.abstract AB 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