Tag: older workers

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The brief’s key findings are: U.S. workers have been facing growing competition from trade and automation. Do these factors push more workers into “nontraditional” jobs, defined as those without health and retirement benefits? This issue may be a particular concern for older workers, who increasingly need longer careers with continued access to benefits. The results…

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Abstract Many older Americans need to work longer in order to achieve a secure retirement. The question is whether employers will hire and retain them. This paper reports on a 2019 survey of employer perceptions of the productivity, costs, and net value of their older workers relative to their younger ones. This survey replicates a…