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The paper studies the labor market participation of older workers in Belgium over the last 3 decades. It outlines the … changes to the institutional framework of relevance for labor market participation and employment. Drawing on data from the …
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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)...
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We explore recent trends in the labour force participation rates of men aged 55-69 in Canada. Following steady declines in participation until the mid-1990s, the participation rates of older men have increased substantially and have reached historically high rates among those aged 65-69. We...
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The aim of this paper is to illustrate for Germany the factors that may explain the U-shaped pattern of older men's labor force participation - from a long declining trend that began in the early 1970s to an increasing trend starting from the late 1990s - and at the same time the steady increase...
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Older adults have the highest rates of many health conditions for which medical marijuana may be effective in moderating symptoms and are at elevated risk of reducing labor supply due to poor health. Surprisingly little is known about how this group responds to medical marijuana laws. We provide...
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We explore the link between health indicators and employment rates of the population aged 55 or more. Our focus lies on … work capacity as a key determinant of employment. Using cohort mortality information as a proxy for overall health outcomes …
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In Belgium, a series of social security reforms have been implemented over the years with the overarching goal of … studies the impact of those incentive-based reforms on observed changes in older workers' employment patterns. We investigate …
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measures of self-employment and 1099 workers from administrative tax data. We also present evidence from Amazon Mechanical Turk …
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The labor force participation rate of older men under age 65 has shown a significant recent decline. Cross-sectional studies linking early retirement to increased Social Security income have also made explicit or implicit temporal projections of changes in participation in response to changes in...
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savings, especially among those with lower education, and the resulting interest in encouraging employment at older ages, it … is important to understand the role that self-employment arrangements play in facilitating work among seniors. New data … from a survey module fielded on a Gallup telephone survey distinguish independent contractor work from other self-employment …
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