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Older and Out of Work: Jobs and Social Insurance for a Changing Economy
(2008)
Abstract
The chapters in this volume, originally presented at a conference organized by the National Academy of Social Insurance, come from a group of policy experts who advance our understanding of the labor market experiences of older workers while pointing out that current workforce programs often leave this growing population underserved.
Keywords
- older workers,
- dislocated worker,
- displaced workers,
- social insurance,
- disability,
- health insurance
Disciplines
Publication Date
January 1, 2008
Publisher
W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
ISBN
9780880993296 (pbk.) ; 9780880993302 (cloth)
Publisher Statement
- Introduction / Randall W. Eberts and Richard A. Hobbie
- The Consequences of Recent Job Growth on Older Low-Income Workers / William M. Rodgers III
- Age Discrimination and Hiring: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment / Joanna N. Lahey
- Reemployment and Earnings Recovery among Older Unemployment Insurance Claimants / Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts
- The Fraction of Disability Caused at Work / Robert T. Reville and Robert F. Schoeni
- Disability and Retirement among Aging Baby Boomers / Ralph E. Smith
- Health Coverage for Aging Baby Boomers: Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Survey of Older Adults / Sara R. Collins, Karen Davis, Cathy Schoen, Michelle M. Doty, and Jennifer L. Kriss
- Improving Health Coverage before Medicare / Paul N. Van de Water
- Time to Retire the Normal Retirement Age? / Joseph White
- Public and Private Strategies for Assisting Older Workers / Carl Van Horn, Kathy Krepcio, and Neil Ridley
Citation Information
Eberts, Randall W., and Richard A. Hobbie, eds. 2008. Older and Out of Work: Jobs and Social Insurance for a Changing Economy. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.