Tag: employer demand

Older women talking on a cell phone at a desk with fabric swatches

Larry Fink, in his annual letter to Blackrock investors, once again raised the question about the appropriate retirement age.  Certainly, with life expectancy and health improving – at least for a portion of the population – longer careers could be one way to ensure an adequate retirement.  But workers are just one side of t…

Senior woman during business presentation

A common refrain among retirement researchers is that longer careers are the best way to ensure an adequate retirement.  This refrain is often directed at the workers themselves – “you need to work longer!”  And that message seems to have been getting through.  Since the 1990s, the labor force participation rates of older individuals hav…