The Washington Post (10/30, Bahrampour) reports in “Social Issues” that “mounting evidence shows that staying in the workforce into old age is good” for one’s “health and mental acuity.” The “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” study “shows negative effects for those who retire earlier than the mean age – and the outcomes are worse the earlier you stop working.” The study, so far, has found the “optimal age” for retirement is “around the late 60s but depends on factors from an individual’s financial security to the culture he lives in.”
Related Links:
— “This is your brain on retirement — not nearly as sharp, studies are finding,” Tara Bahrampour, Washington Post, October 29, 2015.