Berger, Benjamin; Lopez Garcia, Italo; Maestas, Nicole; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
capacity by race/ethnicity and gender are small, suggesting health is not a major driver of observed earnings disparities … abilities interact with occupational demands to shape work capacity. Using new data, we quantify individuals' functional … decline only slightly with age, indicating that many Americans maintain work capacity into their late 60s. Gaps in work …