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What explains trends in labor force participation of older men in the United States?
Blau, David (contributor); Goodstein, Ryan (contributor) - 2007
After nearly a full century of decline, the Labor Force Participation Rate (LFPR) of older men in the United States leveled off in the 1980s, and began to increase in the late 1990s. We use a time series of cross sections from 1962 to 2005 to model the LFPR of men aged 55-69, with the aim of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003637447
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Older women : pushed into retirement by the Baby Boomers?
Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009
. -- Retirement ; women’s labor supply ; labor force participation ; relative cohort size ; relative wage ; part-time employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003929119
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Older men : pushed into retirement by the baby boomers?
Macunovich, Diane J. - 2009
participation ; relative cohort size ; relative wage ; part-time employment ; bridge jobs ; baby boom …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003929123
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Subjective health assessments and active labor market participation of older men : evidence from a semiparametric binary choice model with nonadditive correlated individual-specifi...
Maurer, Jürgen (contributor); Klein, Roger W. (contributor) - 2007
We use panel data from the US Health and Retirement Study 1992-2002 to estimate the effect of self-assessed health limitations on active labor market participation of men around retirement age. Self-assessments of health and functioning typically introduce an endogeneity bias when studying the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003684457
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Are Japanese men of pensionable age underemployed or overemployed?
Usui, Emiko; Shimizutani, Satoshi; Oshio, Takashi - 2015
We investigate how Japanese men aged 60-74 adjust their workforce attachment after beginning to receive a public pension. Men who were employees at age 54 gradually move to part-time work or retire after beginning to receive pension benefits; those who continue working are more likely to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449508
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A collective retirement model : identification and estimation in the presence of externalities
Michaud, Pierre-Carl (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We study the labor supply dynamics of elderly couples by means of a structural collective model. The model allows for general externalities with respect to spouses' leisure. Preferences and the intrahousehold bargaining process are identified by using panel data with couples and individuals who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002352153
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The role of employees’ age for the relation between job autonomy and sickness absence
Grund, Christian; Rubin, Maike - 2020
We investigate whether job autonomy is associated with employees' sickness absence. We can make use of the representative German Study of Mental Health at Work data. In line with our theoretical considerations, we do find evidence for an inverse relation between employees' job autonomy and days...
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Remote work and the heterogeneous impact of COVID-19 on employment and health
Angelucci, Manuela; Angrisani, Marco; Bennett, Daniel; … - 2020
This paper examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment and respiratory health for remote workers (i … employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012271022
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Labor force activity after 60 : recent trends in the Scandinavian countries with Germany as a benchmark
Larsen, Mona; Pedersen, Peder J. - 2015
In most OECD member countries labor force attachment has increased in recent years in the 60+ group. Focus in the paper is on the development in this area in Denmark, Norway and Sweden since the 1990s. The development in the same period in the German labor market is included as a frame of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347283
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California's paid family leave law and the employment of 45-64 year old adults
Bartel, Ann; Kim, Soohyun; Ruhm, Christopher J.; … - 2021
care for a spouse has not been studied widely. We examine the effects of California's law on the employment of workers who … the paid leave program increased the employment of 45-64 year old women with a disabled spouse in California by around 0 …, with a 2.9 percentage point rise in private sector employment. The employment of men with a disabled spouse in California …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518213