Tag: labor force participation

Mature woman working in a factory / warehouse

The brief’s key findings are: Before COVID, more people were working longer and claiming Social Security later to improve prospects for a secure retirement. The question is, how has the pandemic affected these patterns? The analysis uses the Current Population Survey to compare job exits and retirements pre- and post-pandemic for workers 55 and over…

senior man wearing hat reading book on deckchair at beach under clear sky

This stuff about older workers is driving me crazy.  I thought we had a story, and then folks put a new ball on the table. Our basic story has been that older workers, like all workers, were hurt by the pandemic and ensuing recession.  Their experience was a little worse than that of prime-age workers,…