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The Age Profile of Life-Satisfaction after Age 65 in the U.S
Hudomiet, Péter; Hurd, mhurd@rand.org; Rohwedder, Susann - 2021
Although income and wealth are frequently used as indicators of well-being, they are increasingly augmented with subjective measures such as life satisfaction to capture broader dimensions of individuals’ well-being. Based on data from large surveys of individuals, life satisfaction in...
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Adjusting to an Aging Labor Force
Lazear, Edward P. - 2021
. First, the aging workforce may mean an increase in the size of the firm's current deficit, defined as the difference between … the easiest way to reduce the size of the elderly workforce. But this will not help the individual firm's deficit problem …
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How are Employers Responding to an Aging Workforce?
Clark, Robert L.; Ritter, Beth - 2022
’s workforce. In addition, changes to age specific participation rates are exacerbating the aging of the national labor force. An … important challenge for firms and organizations is how does workforce aging affect labor costs, productivity and the … sustainability of the organization. This paper examines employer responses to workforce aging including changes retirement policies …
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Population Aging, Age Discrimination, and Age Discrimination Protections at the 50th Anniversary of the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
Button, Patrick - 2019
This paper discusses population aging, increased participation of seniors in the labor force in the United States (and reasons for this), and how these trends are making the struggles of older workers in the labor market increasingly relevant. Evidence examining whether age discrimination is a...
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Why are Retirement Rates so High at Age 65?
Lumsdaine, Robin L.; Stock, James H.; Wise, David A. - 2021
In most data sets of labor force participation of the elderly, an empirical regularity that emerges is that retirement rates are particularly high at age 65. While there are numerous economic reasons why individuals may choose to retire at 65, empirical models that have attempted to explain the...
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Work Capacity at Older Ages in the Netherlands
Kalwij, Adriaan - 2016
Over the last two decades policy reforms in the Netherlands have increased work incentives, resulting in rising employment rates at older ages. Over the same period health of the population has increased as well. A natural question is how much people could work taking into account their health...
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Why Retirement, Social Security, and Age Discrimination Policies Need to Consider the Intersectional Experiences of Older Women
Burn, Ian; Button, Patrick; Figinski, Theodore F.; … - 2022
We provide an overview of research that indicates that older women face unique challenges and opportunities with respect to work, retirement, Social Security, and age discrimination law. We present estimates of poverty by age and sex, showing that poverty increases with age for women due to...
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This Job is 'Getting Old : ' Measuring Changes in Job Opportunities Using Occupational Age Structure
Autor, David H. - 2010
High- and low-wage occupations are expanding rapidly relative to middle-wage occupations in both the U.S. and the E.U. We study the reallocation of workers from middle-skill occupations towards the tails of the occupational skill distribution by analyzing changes in age structure within and...
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Employer Concerns and Responses to an Aging Workforce
Clark, Robert L.; A. Nyce, Steven; Ritter, Beth; … - 2022
important observations. First, employer concerns about workforce aging vary considerably across the economy. To some firms … expect the importance of workforce aging to increase in the next five years. In response, a significant proportion of …
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Saving, Growth, and Aging in Taiwan
Deaton, Angus - 2011
This paper examines issues of household saving, growth. and aging in Taiwan. The Taiwanese patterns of high income growth, declines in fertility, and increases in life expectancy all have implications for life-cycle saving. We use data from fifteen consecutive household income and expenditure...
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