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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: Economist (Leiden). 2008;156(2):113–144. doi: 10.1007/s10645-008-9086-1

TABLE 1.

TRANSITIONS IN THE HRS, 1994-2000

To
Full-Time
Work
Phased
Retirement
Partial
Retirement
Full
Retirement
Total
From Full-Time Work 48.63 4.48 9.05 37.85 100
Phased retirement 38 18.8 7.73 35.47 100
Partial retirement 28.4 - 24.46 47.14 100
Full retirement 22.27 - 12.59 65.14 100

Source: Scott (2004, Figure 3). Sample of salaried workers in 1992; 4,721 observations. Number of transitions in % of number in origin state. For example, on average over the four two year periods, 48.63% of those working full-time at a given point in time are still working full-time two years later.