Showing 1 - 10 of 4,172
We examine respondents in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) to observe how their financial situations unfolded as they aged. We focus on low income older adults and follow them over time to identify the factors associated with having low income at baseline and thereafter. We find that (a)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012510599
cohorts. It would appear that employment at older ages could stagnate or even decrease. But several other factors will be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456072
More than ten percent of Americans with recent work experience say they will continue social distancing after the COVID-19 pandemic ends, and another 45 percent will do so in limited ways. We uncover this Long Social Distancing phenomenon in our monthly Survey of Working Arrangements and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435130
changes from wage-and-salary to self-employment and changes from working to non-working status. In each two-year transition … approximately four percent of wage-and-salary workers switched to self-employment. They were primarily men who were previously self …-employed or who were in wage-and-salary occupations with characteristics similar to self-employment, e.g., managers and salesmen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012478545
measures concur with changes in employment rates among older workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481041
As much like other industrialized countries, in recent decades the employment rate in Germany for those aged 55 to 69 …". We find that for both men and women the increase in the employment rate coincides with a reduction in the early …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481373
the labor force participation of younger persons in twelve countries. We found no evidence that increasing the employment … of older persons will reduce the employment opportunities of youth and no evidence that increasing the employment of … reforms were not prompted by changes in health status or by changes in the employment circumstances of older workers. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012461938
This study estimates the labor force participation rate (LFPR) of older males in Korea from 1955 to 2005, and analyzes the effects of several determining factors on labor force participation decisions at older ages. The LFPR of older men increased substantially from the mid-1960s to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463847
-intensive production, a shorter workday, lower intensity of work, greater job flexibility, and more formalized employment relationship …-market status of older workers. On one hand, technical and organizational modifications improved the elderly workers' employment … prospect by raising labor productivity, diminishing hours of work, and formalizing employment relations. On the other hand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463901
We model the employment and medical care decisions of older men who face health risk. The budget constraint … insurance is tied to continued employment with his current employer faces the risk of large medical expenditures in the event of … retiree health insurance or who has access to other health insurance not tied to his employment decision (e.g., from his wife …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468594