Tag: older worker

African American businesswoman raising hand, asking question in business conference

Abstract Unlike prime-age Americans, who have experienced declines in employment and labor force participation since the onset of the Great Recession, Americans past 60 have seen their employment and labor force participation rates increase.  In order to understand the contrasting labor force developments among the old, on the one hand, and the prime-aged, on t…

Aged,Man,Working,In,An,Industrial,Factory

Abstract Numerous studies have found that even as employment growth in high- and low-skill occupations has been robust, employment in middle-skill occupations such as office administration and manufacturing is in long-term decline.  The timing of this decline could not be worse for the older workers looking to prolong their careers to compensate for decreasing Socia…