Tag: nontraditional

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The brief’s key findings are: Working longer is an effective way to boost prospects for a secure retirement, but is it realistic for workers across the socioeconomic (SES) spectrum? The Center examined this question in a series of studies funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, using education as the measure of SES. Given rising…

Birds on a wire

When older workers change occupations, many of them move into a lower-status version of the work they’ve done for years, according to a new study by University of Michigan researchers who tracked the workers’ movements among some 200 different occupations. Aging computer scientists were likely to become programmers or computer support staff.  And veteran hig…