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Long before COVID-19 upended our world, the lives of lower-paid, less-educated workers had already been coming apart. “It’s the other epidemic, but it’s an epidemic that’s been occurring under the radar for a long time,” Anne Case said in her keynote address for the annual meeting of the Retirement and Disability Research Consortium, which was…
Working longer is the best way to ensure a secure retirement, and people appear to have gotten the message. But I worry that the COVID-19 pandemic could reverse the trend towards increased labor force participation of older people. With the constant commentary about older people being more vulnerable, individuals may simply withdraw, viewing the environment…
