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Employment opportunities at older ages
— introduction to the special issue | | Author(s) | Richard W Johnson |
| Journal title | Research on Aging, vol 31, no 1, January 2009 |
| Pages | pp 3-16 |
| Source | http://www.sagepub.com |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Attitudes to retirement ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The baby boomer generation in the US appear willing to work longer. This introductory article considers the extent to which employment opportunities are available to older workers. Johnson comments on the benefits of working longer and why boomers will want to work longer. He considers whether employers want older workers in relation to their productivity, costs of employment, and employer attitudes toward older workers. The remaining articles in this special issue of Research on Aging also reflect the pessimism of the current job market. They variously consider redundancy, age discrimination, the propensity of industries to employ older workers, the decisions by some older workers to move into self-employment, and effects of gradual or forced retirement on the happiness of retirees. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-090127201 A |
| Classmark | GC: G7:DP: 7T |
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