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Time Spent Retired

In: Culture Employment Global Economy Source: Economist

23 Feb 2010

Official retirement ages have failed to keep pace with rising life expectancy, making pensions increasingly unaffordable. In practice many people in the rich-world OECD countries retire several years early, which lets them enjoy, on average, some 19 years in retirement before death.

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