What explains the widening gap in retirement ages?
Today, male college graduates retire about three years later than high school graduates. While the story is more complicated for women, because of the dramatic change in their labor-force participation rates over the latter half of the 20th century, the pattern is similar.
A recent study by my colleague Matt Rutledge identifies three factors that have encouraged later retirement — better health, changing labor markets, and Social Security incentives — and shows how these developments have primarily impacted those with a college education.
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