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Peer reviewedNusberg, C.; Levin, Robert – Ageing International, 1987
Consists of two articles focusing on employment for older workers. Topics discussed include early and postponed retirement and health programs for older workers. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Employee Attitudes, Futures (of Society), Health Education
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1980
This information paper on the major income and employment issues affecting older Americans survey the economic impacts of an aging population, presents an agenda for future research into principle income and employment policy issues, and provides an outline of those policy options to be reviewed as a basis for governmental policy formation.…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Financial Needs, Income, Needs Assessment
Peer reviewedCantrell, R. Stephen; Clark, Robert L. – Gerontologist, 1980
Raising the age of mandatory retirement will retard the rate of promotional prospects only slightly in the economy. Larger delays will occur for top positions. Individual firms may experience greater delays depending on their rate of growth, previous retirement age, and willingness of older workers to remain on the job. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Career Ladders, Employees, Job Satisfaction
Bolnick, Rae – Secretary, 1987
Describes a trend by retirement age secretaries to keep working as much as they desire through part time or temporary employment, often for their former full-time employer. Discusses benefits for both the worker and the employer. Covers social security and tax rules that may affect earnings. (CH)
Descriptors: Older Workers, Part Time Employment, Retirement, Secretaries
Peer reviewedRix, Sara E. – Generations, 2002
The labor force participation of older workers may surpass recent projections due to reductions in retirement benefits and labor shortages. However, employers' attitudes about hiring older workers have not changed enough. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Labor Market, Labor Needs, Older Workers
Snyder, Eloise; And Others – 1984
In providing an overview of the complex topic of mature women in the workplace, this report presents some of the known, and sometimes contradictory, facts about women and work. It is divided into three sections. The first section begins by detailing facts and figures regarding the older woman worker of the 1980s. Comparisons are made between men's…
Descriptors: Age Discrimination, Career Education, Employed Women, Employment
Kingson, Eric R. – 1981
A model for examining the two basic approaches of encouraging later retirement is presented in which the coercive approach relies primarily on negative incentives such as benefit reductions, and the voluntary approach encourages continued employment through positive incentives and increased employment opportunities. The degree to which these…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Gerontology
