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Work and retirement plans among older Americans

Abraham, Katharine G.; Houseman, Susan N. - 2004

We compare older workers' plans for work and retirement with their subsequent work and retirement outcomes using panel data from the Health and Retirement Study. Among those with retirement plans, about half indicate they would like to cut back on their work hours or otherwise change the type of...

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The independent contractor workforce: New evidence on its size and composition and ways to improve its measurement in household surveys

Abraham, Katharine G.; Hershbein, Brad; Houseman, Susan N. - 2023

Good data on the size and composition of the independent contractor workforce are elusive, with household survey and …-employed independent contractors speak about their work. Based on these findings, we designed and fielded a large-scale telephone survey to … employees in conventional household survey data and those who are independent contractors in a secondary work activity. We find …

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Do recessions accelerate routine-biased technological change? Evidence from vacancy postings

Hershbein, Brad J.; Kahn, Lisa B. - 2016

Recession precipitated new technological adoption. …

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Health insurance tax credits and health insurance coverage of low-earning single mothers

Cebi, Merve; Woodbury, Stephen A. - 2009

, 1992, and 1993, and was then rescinded. We use Current Population Survey data and a difference-in-differences approach to …

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Personal reemployment accounts: Simulations for planning implementation

O'Leary, Christopher J.; Eberts, Randall W. - 2004

The proposed Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003 recommended personal reemployment accounts (PRAs) that would provide each eligible unemployment insurance (UI) claimant with a special account of up to $3,000 to finance reemployment activities. Account funds could be used to purchase intensive,...

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Refundable tax credits for health insurance: The sensitivity of simulated impacts to assumed behavior

Emmons, David W.; Madly, Eva; Woodbury, Stephen A. - 2005

We replicate and extend a simulation model developed by Jonathan Gruber with the goals of illuminating Gruber's modeling of health insurance coverage under a tax credit and examining the sensitivity of the results to changes in the model's key parameters. The replications suggest that a...

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Asynchronous risk: Unemployment, equity markets, and retirement savings

Seligman, Jason S.; Wenger, Jeffrey B. - 2005

The link between unemployment and pension accumulations is conceptually straightforward; periods of unemployment lead to lower pension contributions, and thus to lower accumulations. However, impacts on accumulation may differ as a result of the timing and frequency of unemployment spells. We...

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Reemployment and earnings recovery among older unemployment insurance claimants

O'Leary, Christopher J.; Eberts, Randall W. - 2007

The rate of involuntary job loss among older workers has increased in recent years. Previous research has found that after job separation older workers take longer to get back in jobs, and experience bigger earnings declines than younger prime age workers. These studies were based on surveys...

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Temporary agency employment as a way out of poverty?

Autor, David; Houseman, Susan - 2005

allocated across service providers ('contractors') with different job placement practices. We draw on a telephone survey of …-and-a half-year period. Our survey evidence documents a consensus among contractors that temporary help jobs are generally easier …

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Single mothers, social capital, and work-family conflict

Ciabattari, Teresa - 2005

The purpose of this paper is to examine work-family conflict among low-income, unmarried mothers. I examine how social capital affects work-family conflict and how both social capital and work-family conflict affect employment. I analyze the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a national...

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