Tag: older workers

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The brief’s key findings are: More than a third of older workers retire earlier than planned: the question is why? This study looks at: 1) the impact of unexpected changes in health, employment, family, and finances on early retirement; and 2) the prevalence of these shocks. The findings suggest that: Health shocks play the largest…

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Thousands of baby boomers retire every day and sign up for Social Security. Yet the payroll tax that funds their benefits is being levied on a shrinking share of workers’ aggregate earnings. You might not know this but inequality and growing U.S. trade with China are among the forces that are behind this trend, Ga…