Understanding the Aging Workforce Defining a Research Agenda (2022) / Chapter Skim
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have allowed more older adults to remain in the labor force despite health limitations at older ages. The shift away from physically demanding occupations creates working environments in which health limitations are more easily accommodated by employers (Maestas and Zissimopoulos, 2010)
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Health status can affect work and retirement decisions; poor health can lead an individual to discontinue working and leave the labor force (Zajacova et al., 2014; Warner and Brown, 2011) , while improvements in health can enable individuals to continue working longer (Coile et al., 2017)
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. As such, research on age discrimination in the workplace may consider "older workers" to include a younger age range than research focused on transitions to retirement or on re-entries into the labor force from retirement.
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Some of these workers may retain eligibility under the Social Security Disability Insurance provisions, subject to establishing the presence of a qualifying disability. Though many policies have aimed to improve the financial stability of older adults through the introduction of targeted retirement savings vehicles, research has consistently shown that working longer has a greater impact on financial outcomes than changing savings behaviors (Bronshtein et al., 2019)
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Chapter 8 focuses on the role of public policy in encouraging or enabling or, conversely, discouraging or operating as a barrier to labor force participation at older ages. Part III of the report is a summary of the conclusions drawn from the preceding chapters and identifies key themes that cut across these chapters in order to outline a future research agenda on work at older ages.
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Part I
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Thus, changes in labor force participation at all ages have also contributed to the increasing average age of the U.S. worker.
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