Job changes at older agesEffects on wages, benefits, and other job attributes

Job changes at older ages

Effects on wages, benefits, and other job attributes

Johnson

Richard W.

Johnson, Richard W.

Author

Kawachi

Janette

Kawachi, Janette

Author

text

working paper

Chestnut Hill, Mass. Center for Retirement Research at Boston College20072007monographic

Chestnut Hill, Mass.

Center for Retirement Research at Boston College

2007

monographic

Englisheng

English

eng

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born digital

One potential way to manage the rapidly growing costs of supporting older Americans is to increase labor supply at older ages. However, questions persist about the quality of available jobs. This study examines older Americans employment opportunities by studying job changes at older ages. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, it compares wages, benefits, and other job attributes on new and former jobs for adults ages 45 to 75 who changed employers between 1986 and 2004. Because older people who choose to work after retiring voluntarily from long-term jobs may face different employment prospects than displaced older workers, the analysis considers how employment changes vary by the reasons workers give for job separations...

Richard W. Johnson and Janette Kawachi.

CRR WP2007-4

CRR WP

2007-4

http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Working_Papers/wp_2007-4.pdf

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