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Work Options for Older Americans

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Description for Work Options for Older Americans Paperback. Editor(s): Ghilarducci, Teresa, PH.D; Turner, John (British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge). Num Pages: 380 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JPQB; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.

"While demographic forces make it inevitable that social institutions that encouraged workers to retire in their early sixties must change, this book shows that how we make these changes will have substantial implications for the risk of poverty and the general level of economic well-being of older populations. Its theme is that policy changes that encourage those able to work at older ages to do so must not come at the expense of our current system's protection of those less able to work. This is an important book for those interested in understanding how recent changes in the United States ... Read more

"The editors have done an excellent job of compiling some very valuable and interesting papers on working longer. With improvements in health and life expectancy, the decreasing physical requirements of work, and our financing shortfalls, the options of working longer, phased retirement, and more flexibility for retirement ages in retirement plans can be winners. In particular, I found the Introduction's synopsis of the papers by itself worth the price of the book." —Ron Gebhardtsbauer, American Academy of Actuaries

While mandatory retirement has been eliminated in the United States, a myriad of policies and practices surround pensions, social security, tax law, labor contracts, and health benefits, all of which may have an impact on an older worker’s decision to work or retire and an employer’s decision to retain and train an older worker. In Work Options for Older Americans, Teresa Ghilarducci and John Turner assemble a critically important volume that systematically addresses many of the issues considered on a daily basis by employees and employers.

Work Options for Older Americans brings together discussion of these issues by well-known economists and scholars in other fields, from the Government Accountability Office, the AARP Public Policy Institute, the U.S. Department of Labor, and academia. The book contains eleven articles, along with commentary, that deal with issues of employment opportunity and constraints for older persons, pension types and coverage, retirement choices, and public policies that promote or hinder either retirement or employment of the elderly.

Contributors present effective ways to prepare for this unprecedented growth in the number of older workers. In the introduction, Teresa Ghilarducci and John Turner identify how the labor market changes dramatically as workers age and how these changes affect the ongoing bargaining between employers and workers. The question is, are the options that workers want the same as those that employers offer?

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268029708
SKU
V9780268029708
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Teresa Ghilarducci (Ed.)
Teresa Ghilarducci is professor of economics and director of the Higgins Labor Research Center at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of numerous books, including Labor's Capital: The Economics and Politics of Employer Pensions. John Turner is a senior policy advisor in the AARP Public Policy Institute. He is the author or editor of twelve ... Read more

Reviews for Work Options for Older Americans
“This conference volume is a collection of 11 articles that examine the economic and labor-relations aspects of an aging workforce in the United States. While the articles span a variety of topics, the underlying question throughout the book is: given the inevitability of demographic changes, how can we make the continued labor force participation of older works a positive experience ... Read more

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