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Pathways to retirement: patterns of labor force participation and labor market exit among pre-retirement population by race, Hispanic origin, and sex
Author(s)	Chenoah Flippen, Marta Tienda
Journal title	The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 55B, no 1, January 2000
Pages	pp S14-S27
Keywords	Retirement ; Retirement reasons ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; White people ; Black people ; United States of America.
Annotation	This study compared patterns of labour force participation among black, white and Hispanic men and women nearing retirement age, drawing on data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Findings revealed that black, Hispanic and older women experienced more involuntary job separation in the years immediately prior to retirement, and the resulting periods of unemployment often ended up in "retirement" or labour force withdrawal. Minority disadvantage in human capital, health, and employment characteristics accounted for a large part of racial and ethnic differences in labour force withdrawal. Nevertheless, black men and Hispanic women experienced more involuntary labour market exits than white persons with similar socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-000420408 A
Classmark	G3: G4: TOB: TKA: TKE: 7T
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