How Sticky is Retirement Behavior in the U.S.? Responses to Changes in the Full Retirement Age

We thank John Phillips, Jason Brown, Natalie Lu, Ted Horan, Mark Sarney, Lynn Fisher, and Linda Martin of the Social Security Administration for making this work possible and providing access to data. The authors are grateful to the Ronzetti Initiative for the Study of Labor Markets at the Becker-Friedman Institute for financial support. This research was supported by the U.S. Social Security Administration through grants #RDR18000003 and #DRC12000002 to the National Bureau of Economic Research as part of the SSA Retirement and Disability Research Consortium. The findings and conclusions expressed are solely those of the authors and do not represent the views of the Social Security Administration, any agency of the Federal Government, or the National Bureau of Economic Research. Jesse Kozler provided excellent research assistance.