Twenty five years ago, the largest academic behavioral and social science project ever undertaken in the U.S. began: the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). The HRS is an invaluable publicly available dataset for investigating work, aging, and retirement and informing public policy on these issues. This biennial longitudinal study began in 1992 and has studied more than 43,000 individuals and produced almost 4000 journal articles, dissertations, books, book chapters, and reports to date. The purpose of this special issue of Work, Aging and Retirement is to describe the HRS and highlight relevant research that utilizes this rich and complex dataset. First, we briefly describe the background that led to the development of the HRS. Then we summarize key aspects of the study, including its development, sampling, and methodology. Our review of the content of the survey focuses on the aspects of the study most relevant to research on worker aging and retirement. Next, we identify key strengths and important limitations of the study and provide advice to current and future HRS data users. Finally, we summarize the articles in this Special Issue (all of which use data from the HRS) and how they advance our knowledge and understanding of worker aging and retirement.

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健康与退休研究概述和特刊介绍

25 年前，美国有史以来最大的学术行为和社会科学项目开始了：健康与退休研究 (HRS)。HRS 是一个宝贵的公开可用数据集，用于调查工作、老龄化和退休，并就这些问题为公共政策提供信息。这项两年一次的纵向研究始于 1992 年，迄今已研究了 43,000 多人，并产生了近 4000 篇期刊文章、论文、书籍、书籍章节和报告。本期《工作、老龄化和退休》特刊的目的是描述 HRS 并突出利用这一丰富而复杂的数据集的相关研究。首先，我们简要描述了导致 HRS 发展的背景。然后我们总结了研究的关键方面，包括其发展、抽样和方法。我们对调查内容的审查侧重于与工人老龄化和退休研究最相关的研究方面。接下来，我们确定研究的主要优势和重要局限性，并为当前和未来的 HRS 数据用户提供建议。最后，我们总结了本期特刊中的文章（所有文章均使用来自 HRS 的数据）以及它们如何提高我们对工人老龄化和退休的认识和理解。