| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 142 pages) |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction / Gary Burtless and Henry J. Aaron -- Who is delaying retirement? : Analyzing the increase in employment among older workers / Gary Burtless -- Future labor force participation among the aged : forecasts from the Social Security Administration and the author / Gary Burtless -- Impact of higher retirement ages on public budgets simulation results from DYNASIM3 / Karen E. Smith and Richard W. Johnson -- Nudged, pushed, or mugged : policies to encourage older workers to retire later / Henry J. Aaron -- Thoughts on working longer and retirement / John B. Shoven |
| Summary |
Americans over age 60 have increasingly delayed their withdrawal from the workforce, a reversal of a century-old trend toward early retirement. For instance, from 1991 to 2010, the employment rate increased by more than half among 68-year-old men and by about two-thirds among women of the same age. Using data from the Current Population Survey, this book explores the historical trajectory of retirement and the labor force participation rate of older men and women. Who chooses to delay retirement? Have older workers delayed their departure from career jobs? How will working longer affect the outlook for the federal budget? Two Brookings economists join with renowned colleagues to examine the impact of extended employment against the backdrop of the federal deficit problem |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Retirement -- Government policy -- United States
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Retirement -- Economic aspects -- United States
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Budget deficits -- United States
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Budget deficits
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Retirement -- Economic aspects
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Retirement -- Government policy
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Instructional and educational works
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Instructional and educational works.
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Matériel d'éducation et de formation.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Aaron, Henry J., editor
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Burtless, Gary T., 1950- editor.
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| LC no. |
2013022756 |
| ISBN |
1299963013 |
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9781299963016 |
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9780815704423 |
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0815704429 |
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