Work options for older Americans
By: edited by Teresa Ghilarducci & John Turner
Contributors: Ghilarducci, Teresa; Turner, John A. 1949 July 9-
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780268029708
Subjects: Older people -- Employment -- United States; Age and employment -- United States; Retirees -- Employment -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Preface / Kathleen Christensen; title: Introduction: determining the quality of work options for older Americans / Teresa Ghilarducci & John Turner; title: Living longer, working longer; title: Working longer: a potential win-win proposition / Alicia H. Munnell; title: Comments on "working longer: a potential win-win proposition" / John Turner; title: Older workers: employment and retirement trends / Patrick J. Purcell; title: Continued labor force participation: individual diferences / Patricia M. Raskin & Gregory Gettas; title: Comments on "continued labor force participation: individual diferences" / Kevin Neuman; title: Comments on "continued labor force participation: individual diferences" / Stephen A. Woodbury; title: The transition to retirement; title: The role of employers in phased retirement: opportunities for phased retirement among white-collar workers / Robert M. Hutchens & Jennjou Chen; title: Comments on "the role of employers in phased retirement: opportunities for phased retirement among white-collar workers" / Joseph Quinn; title: Letting older workers work / Rudolph G. Penner, Pamela Perun, & C. Eugene Steuerle; title: Comments on "letting older workers work" / Lance R. Wescher; title: What do workers want? Employee benefits for older Americans; title: The transformation of the American pension system / Edward N. Wolff; title: Longevity and retirement age in defined benefit pension plans / Dana Muir & John Turner; title: Comments on "longevity and retirement age in defined benefit pension plans" / Joseph S. Piacentini; title: How 401(k)s and the stock market crash explain increases in older workers' labor force participation rates / Sharon Hermes & Teresa Ghilarducci; title: The interaction between health, health insurance, and retirement / Christian E. Weller & Jefrey Wenger; title: Comments on "how 401(k)s and the stock market crash explain increases in older workers' labor force participation rates" and "the interaction between health, health insurance, and retirement" / Stephen A. Woodbury; title: Comments on "the interaction between health, health insurance, and retirement" / Todd Elder; title: International policy lessons for the United States; title: International responses to an aging labor force: lessons for U.S. policy / Charles Jeszeck, Tony DeFrank, Katharine Leavitt, Jeffrey S. Petersen, Janice Peterson, Yunsian Tai, & Howard Wial; title: Comments on "international responses to an aging labor force: lessons for U.S. policy" / Sara E. Rix; title: Raising the retirement age in OECD countries / Yung-Ping Chen & John Turner; title: Contributors