This paper examines recent U.S. Census Bureau data on labor-force participation among Americans age 55 and older, including what happened to the trends after the economic recession that started in late 2007-early 2008. The first section uses annualized data on labor-force participation from the...

Retirees' receipt of pension income significantly affects their ability to maintain a standard of living similar to that of their preretirement years. Whether a retiree receives this type of income depends on characteristics of both the individuals and their former employers. This paper examines...

This paper examines the employment status (full time, part time, or part year) of workers ages 55 or older using the latest March Current Population Survey data. The data show that the percentage of these older workers working full time, full year increased steadily from 1993-2007, before...

This paper examines recent U.S. Census Bureau data on labor-force participation among Americans age 55 and older, which includes both the near elderly (ages 55-64) and the elderly (64 and above). The first section uses annualized data on labor-force participation from the Current Population...

An increasing percentage of older Americans are in the labor force: The percentage of those ages 55 or older in the labor force increased from 37.7 percent in 1993 to 44.9 percent in 2006. For those ages 65-69, the percentage increased from 18.4 percent in 1985 to 29.0 percent in 2006. This...

This study completes a series using the Retirement and Pension Plan Coverage Topical Module of the 1996 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), which contains recently released data from 1998, by examining the survey's more detailed questions concerning workers' employment-based...

This article focuses on employment-based retirement plan participation for full-time, full-year wage and salary workers ages 18 -64 years old, as this is the group that is generally targeted for benefit program participation under federal law and by employers and unions. The retirement plan...