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Overtime : America's aging workforce and the future of working longer /

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"Worldwide, aging populations are one of humanity's greatest accomplishments - and one of our greatest challenges. As longevity has risen and fertility has fallen, older adults make up a larger portion of populations. Without a doubt, societies can reap more benefits from older people'...

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Uniform Title:Overtime (Berkman)
Other Authors: Berkman, Lisa F. (Editor), Truesdale, Beth (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Older people > Employment > United States.
Retirement > United States > Planning.
Aged
Workforce > trends
Socioeconomic Factors
United States
Retraite > États-Unis > Planification.
Older people > Employment
Retirement > Planning
Economics.
Industry.
Labor.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS.
Gerontology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Discrimination & Race Relations.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • When I'm 54 : Working Longer Starts Younger than We Think / Beth C. Truesdale, Lisa F. Berkman, and Alexandra Mitukiewicz
  • The Geography of Retirement / Courtney C. Coile
  • The European Context : Declining Health but Rising Labor Force Participation among the Middle-Aged / Axel Börsch-Supan, Irene Ferrari, Giacomo Pasini, and Luca Salerno
  • Planning for the "Expected Unexpected" : Work and Retirement in the U.S. after the COVID-19 Pandemic Shock / Richard B. Freeman
  • The Link between Health and Working Longer : Disparities in Work Capacity / Ben Berger, Italo Lopez-Garcia, Nicole Maestas, and Kathleen Mullen
  • The Psychology of Working Longer / Margaret E. Beier and Meghan K. Davenport
  • Forecasting Employment of the Older Population / Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder
  • Dying with Your Boots On : The Realities of Working Longer in Low-Wage Work / Mary Gatta and Jessica Horning
  • Ad Hoc, Limited, and Reactive : How Firms Respond to an Aging Workforce / Peter Berg and Matthew M. Piszczek
  • How Caregiving for Parents Reduces Women's Employment : Patterns Across Sociodemographic Groups / Sean Fahle and Kathleen McGarry
  • Working Longer in an Age of Rising Economic Inequality / Gary Burtless
  • How Does Social Security Reform Indecision Affect Younger Cohorts? / John B. Shoven, Sita Nataraj Slavov, and John G. Watson
  • The Biased Politics of "Working Longer" / Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson
  • Conclusion : What Is the Way Forward? / Lisa F. Berkman, Beth C. Truesdale, and Alexandra Mitukiewicz.