Tag: Social Security
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Many baby boomers retire the conventional way – by leaving their career jobs. For the others, the first step in retiring involves stopping over in a different job than they’ve held for years. A sketch of the older workers who transition to post-career jobs – and their reasons for doing so – emerges from a…
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It’s not unusual for workers who grew up in lower-income households to help their parents out financially. But a new study uncovers a twist in this familiar story: once the parents are old enough to collect Social Security, the money flowing from adult child to parent slows down. And when this occurs, the offspring ar…