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Working beyond the normal retirement age in urban China and urban Russia
Gustafsson, Björn; Nivorozhkina, L. I.; Wan, Haiyuan - 2021
that China can learn from Russia that it has a substantial potential for increasing employment among healthy people under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517145
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Cultural and ethnic differences in the transitions from work to "eetirement" of rural elders in China's minority regions
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - 2015
This paper considers the work to "retirement" transitions of the rural elders in China who reside in seven regions with substantial minority populations. The data employed, those of the China Household Ethnicity Survey, are ideal for examining the effect of cultural differences on this key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336959
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The role of coresidency with adult children in the labor force participation decisions of older men and women in China
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Zhang, Dandan - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged - rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337413
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Labour force participation of the elderly in Europe : the importance of being healthy
Kalwij, Adriaan S. (contributor);  … - 2005
In this paper we study labour force participation behaviour of individuals aged 50-64 in 11 European countries. The data are drawn from the new Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE). The empirical analysis shows that health is multi-dimensional, in the sense that different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003227210
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The effect of medical marijuana laws on the labor supply of older adults : evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Nicholas, Lauren Hersch; Maclean, Johanna Catherine - 2017
We study the effect of state medical marijuana laws on labor supply among older adults; the demographic group with the highest rates of many health conditions for which marijuana may be an effective treatment. We use the Health and Retirement Study to study this question and estimate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011607292
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Patterns of time use among older people
Ferranna, Maddalena; Sevilla, J. P.; Zucker, Leo; … - 2022
We analyze time use studies to describe how people allocate their time as they age, especially among paid work, unpaid work, leisure, and personal care. We emphasize differences in time allocation between older (i.e., those aged 65+) and younger people; between developed and developing countries;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013184664
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Does retirement affect voluntary work provision? : evidence from England, Ireland and the U.S.
Eibich, Peter; Lorenti, Angelo; Mosca, Irene - 2020
Due to the COVID-19 crisis and the related "social distancing" measures, working from home (WfH) has suddenly become a crucial lever of economic activity. This paper combines survey and administrative data to compute measures for the feasibility of working from home among German employees....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202530
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Working, volunteering and mental health in the later years
Mosca, Irene; Wright, Robert E. - 2017
participation in paid employment decreases while volunteering increases in older age. Higher levels of volunteering may compensate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011738893
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Live longer, work longer : the changing nature of the labour market for older workers in OECD countries
Martin, John P. - 2018
systems unless there is an offsetting increase in employment rates. This is especially true for older workers whose employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011855779
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The role of self-employment in Ireland's older workforce
Nolan, Anne; Barrett, Alan - 2018
A feature of employment at older ages that has been observed in many countries, including Ireland, is the higher share … of self-employment among older labour force participants. This pattern of higher self-employment rates at the end of the … transitions into self-employment at older ages. In this paper, we use data from four waves of the Irish Longitudinal Study on …
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