. -- Retirement ; women’s labor supply ; labor force participation ; relative cohort size ; relative wage ; part-time employment …

participation ; relative cohort size ; relative wage ; part-time employment ; bridge jobs ; baby boom …

Employment trends in the U.S. were similar across age groups in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s: male employment rates … declined or were flat at all ages and female employment rates increased or were flat at all ages. But employment trends … diverged more recently, with employment rising at older ages and falling at younger ages, for both men and women. This paper …