Education
Abstract As the gap between retirement resources and needs grows, many researchers have prescribed the antidote of working longer. But this prescription may disadvantage lower socioeconomic status (SES) households because they have shorter lives than higher-SES households, and working longer may increase existing disparities in retirement durations. This paper uses data from the National Longitudina…
Abstract To assess the employment opportunities of older job-changers in the years prior to retirement, this study examines how the breadth of occupations in which they find employment narrows as they age past their prime working years and how this differs by gender and educational attainment. The results indicate that workers who change jobs in…
