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  • Satoshi Shimizutani, Takashi Oshio, and Mayu Fujii, Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: Disability Insurance Programs and Retirement (University of Chicago Press, 2014), chap. 12, https://www.nber.org/books-and-chapters/social-security-programs-and-retirement-around-world-disability-insurance-programs-and-retirement/option-value-work-health-status-and-retirement-decisions-japan-evidence-japanese-study-aging-and.

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This study examined the factors that affect the retirement decisions of the middle-aged and elderly in Japan, focusing...

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