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Introduction The difference in labor force participation rates of men aged 55-64 across the United States is astounding. For example, West Virginia has a participation rate below 60 percent, while South Dakota has a participation rate approaching 90 percent (see Figure 1). This fact in itself has significant implications for the pressures that states w…
Introduction The Baby Boom generation is now on the cusp of retirement, with the oldest Boomers 60 years old. As this huge generation makes its way out of the labor force, it will do so on much different terms than those offered workers over the past quarter century. The share of earnings replaced at any…
