Tag: longevity
It is one of “the most significant labor market trends” in the United States, says Wellesley College researcher Courtney Coile. She’s referring to big increases since the 1980s and 1990s in the share of older Americans in the labor force, including one in three men in their late 60s. As for women, the baby boomers…
It’s long been known that people with high earnings tend to live longer than low earners. But this gap in life expectancy has widened into a gulf. For example, high-earning men born back in 1912 lived about eight months longer than their counterparts in the bottom half of the income range. This longevity gap increased…
