Research Report 1 (Overview)
This 4 page bulletin, written as a backkground for a series of conference papers in December 2006, provides an overview of the findings from the first 1,000 responses.
Research Report 2 (Policy Perspectives)
This 4 page bulletin provides an overview of ASRAM respondents' interaction with three key policy interventions designed to delay retirement, and their views on
related policy incentives and disincentives
Research Report 3 (State/Territory Differences)
This report has been delayed but it will be uploaded asap
Research Report 4 (Occupational Differences)
This 4 page bulletin outlines differences in retirement intentions by occupation. The full paper is currently in press (Australian Bulletin of Labour)-draft available on request to authors
Research Report 5 (Transition Preferences)
This 4 page bulletin outlines the retirement transition preferences of Australia's Baby Boomers and the extent to which Boomers are interested in phased retirement to extend their working lives
Research Report 6 (Movement Intentions)
This 4 page bulletin outlines the retirement-motivated movement intentions of Australia's Baby Boomers (movement = 'move to a new location on retirement'). Includes intentions by state, and by a selection of socio-economic charcateristics
Background Paper - Literature Review
See Australian Bulletin of Labour 32(4): 315-344 for Jackson, Walter, Felmingham, and Spinaze (2006) 'Will older workers change their retirement plans in line with government thinking? A review of recent literature on retirement intentions'.
Will Australia's Baby Boomers change their retirement plans..
Overview of key findings presented to the 13th Biennial Australian Population Association Conference, Adelaide, 5-8 December 2006
'Keeping Australia's Baby Boomers in the Labour Market: A policy perspective'
Walter, Maggie, Natalie Jackson and Bruce Felmingham (2008) 'Keeping Australia's Baby Boomers in the Labour Market: A policy perspective', Australian Journal of Social Issues, 43 (2): 291-309. Contact authors for a copy
Australian early retirement tax biases prior to July 2007 and the likely effects of tax reform on retirement plans
Felmingham, B., Jackson, N.O., Walter, M., and Yan, Y.H. (2008) 'Australian early retirement tax biases prior to July 2007 and the likely effects of tax reform on retirement plans', Economic Papers, 27 (3):250-264 Contact authors for a copy
Population ageing in a nutshell
The full version of this 4 page seminar handout has been published in 'People and Place' (2007) Vol 15 (2): 12-21. Note that the ABS population projections used in this paper (the 2005 revision) have been revised (the 2008 revision). The revsions do not alter the basic argument, but there will be some effect on specific percentages. The paper will be revised to accommodate these changes as soon as possible
