Tag: older workers
Picture an older warehouse worker whose back pain might qualify him for a federal cash benefit for his disability. If he’s right and his application is approved, he would get the Medicare health insurance he needs to manage his condition. But there’s a problem. Applicants often quit their jobs to strengthen the case for disability…
The U.S. workforce is aging, which has raised concerns about the implications of older workers for businesses and the economy. However, little research has been conducted on the quantitative value of older workers in recent years. This paper attempts to fill that gap by linking employee and employer data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Longitudina…
