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Older Workers
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Elder Law Prof Blog
AARP Employment Fact Sheet for November
By rmorgan
AARP's Public Policy Institute has published Fact Sheet #297 for November, 2013 on older workers. Sara Rix wrote the fact sheet, The Employment Situation, November 2013 Looking Up at Last, a pdf…
Elder Law Prof Blog
University Michigan Retirement Research: Tech Progress & Earnings for Older Workers
University of Michigan's Retirement Research Center has released a new paper on "Technological Progress and the Earnings of Older Workers." From the the abstract:"Economists' standard model assumes that improvements in total…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Cornell ILR webcast will address the benefits of hiring workers age 50+
By Kim Dayton
Register Now!"The 50+ Workforce:High Potentials You Might Be Overlooking"Webcast Date: Friday, Oct. 18, 2013 Time: 12-1 p.m. (EDT)This webcast is freeof charge and will be closed-captioned.Click here to view an…
Elder Law Prof Blog
New GAO report examines effect of recession on older workers
This testimony discusses the effects of the recent recession on older adults. While the recession officially ended in June 2009, our economy has experienced a weak recovery, with unemployment still…
Health Law Prof Blog
Jody Schimmel & David C. Stapleton: “Protecting the Household Incomes of Older Workers with Significant Health-Related Work Limitations in an Era of Fiscal Responsibility”
Jody Schimmel and David C. Stapleton, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., posted "Protecting the Household Incomes of Older Workers with Significant Health-Related Work Limitations in an Era of Fiscal Responsibility" on…
Health Law Prof Blog
Jody Schimmel & David C. Stapleton: “Protecting the Household Incomes of Older Workers with Significant Health-Related Work Limitations in an Era of Fiscal Responsibility”
Jody Schimmel and David C. Stapleton posted "Protecting the Household Incomes of Older Workers with Significant Health-Related Work Limitations in an Era of Fiscal Responsibility" on SSRN:Many proposals designed to…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Bisom-Rapp, Frazer and Sargeant on Decent Work, Older Workers and Vulnerability in the Economic Recession
Susan Bisom Rapp (Thomas Jefferson), Andrew Frazer (Wollongong (AU)), and Malcolm Sargeant (Middlesex (UK)) have posted on SSRN their forthcoming article in the Employee Rights and Employment Policy Review: Decent…
Elder Law Prof Blog
OECD chief says we must encourage older workers to stay in the job force
"In an era of rapid population aging, we can no longer affordpolicies, employment practices and attitudes that discourage work at anolder age. They not only deny older workers the choice…
Elder Law Prof Blog
Census updates Older Worker Profile materials
The Census Bureau has recently updated its list of summary profiles of older workers in various states. Profiles are available for twenty states Find them here.
Elder Law Prof Blog
New Census products: Profiles of Older Workers
The U.S. Census Bureau, in partnership with 31 states, has launched a series of reports on older workers that presents a detailed picture for people 55 and older in the…