Working Longer Versus Flexible Pathways in Uncertain Times
Working Longer Versus Flexible Pathways in Uncertain Times
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在不确定时期延长工作时间与采取灵活的途径
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10.1093/ppar/praa018
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2020
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通讯作者:
Moen, Phyllis
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Moen, Phyllis
The timing of later life-course work exits has enormous consequences for individuals and families, as well as for governments confronting population aging and corollary rising Social Security and health care costs. A seemingly obvious policy solution is to encourage Boomers and those following in their wake to work longer, postponing retirement from the labor market. To encourage ongoing labor force engagement, the United States has delayed full Social Security benefit eligibility to age 67, while simultaneously offering the carrot of greater benefits for those who continue working to age 70. Growing numbers of older Americans, especially those who are especially collegeeducated, have postponed retirement, even as others have been unable or unwilling to continue working given the options available to them. In 2018, over one in three (34%) Boomer men ages 65 to 72 were in the labor force, as were one in four (25%) Boomer women (Fry, 2019). There are ongoing discussions about further postponing the age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits (McNamara & Williamson, 2013; Munnell & Sass, 2008). But these “solutions” disregard the reality that, as is made strikingly evident by massive layoffs of workers of all ages in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), many later adult workforce exits are not voluntary (Rhee, Mor Barak, & Gallo, 2016; van Soling e & Henkens, 2007), whether because of being pushed out (Ebbinghaus & Radl, 2015; Reynolds & Wenger, 2010), health problems (Martin, Freedman, Schoeni, & Andreski, 2010; Martin, Schoeni, & Andreski, 2010), or family care responsibilities (van der Horst, Lain, Vickerstaff, Clark, & Baumberg Geiger, 2017). Moreover, many older workers in their early 60s experience job lock, remaining unwillingly in the labor force because of economic or health insurance needs, given their ineligibility for public supports (Fisher, Ryan, Sonnega, & Naudé, 2016). Arguments for working longer are primarily financial: it will increase the economic security of individuals and families, in addition to reducing the welfare burden on governments. What is troubling is that much of what we know about working longer and the timing of retirement transitions comes from studies of earlier cohorts living through very different demographic, technological, social, public health, and economic environments and very different private-sector and public policy regimes.
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