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Employment hardship among older workers
— does residential and gender inequality extend into older age? | | Author(s) | Tim Slack, Leif Jensen |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 63B, no 1, January 2008 |
| Pages | pp S15-S24 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Unemployment ; Poverty ; Older men ; Older women ; Urban areas ; Rural areas ; Comparison ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The realities of a rapidly ageing society make the employment circumstances of older workers an increasingly important social issue. The authors examine the prevalence and correlates of underemployment among older Americans, with a special focus on residence and gender, to provide an assessment of the labour market challenges facing older workers. Data was analysed from the (US) March Current Population Surveys for the years 2003, 2004 and 2005. Descriptive statistics were used to explore the prevalence of underemployment among older workers and developed multivariate models to assess the impact of age, residence, and gender on the likelihood of underemployment, net of other predictors. Results found clear disadvantages for older workers relative to their middle-aged counterparts, and particular disadvantages for older rural residents and women. Multivariate models showed that the disadvantages of older age held net of other predictors. The results also indicated that much of the disadvantage faced by older rural workers and women was explained by factors other than age, particularly education. In an ageing society, underemployment among older workers comes at an increasing social cost. Policies aimed at supporting older workers and alleviating employment hardship among them are increasingly in the public interest. (KJ/RH. |
| Accession Number | CPA-091208216 A |
| Classmark | GC: WH6: W6: BC: BD: RK: RL: 48: 7T |
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