Research Catalog

Title

Older and out of work : jobs and social insurance for a changing economy / Randall W. Eberts, Richard A. Hobbie, editors.

Publication

Kalamazoo, Mich. : W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2008.

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Additional Authors

• Eberts, Randall W.
• Hobbie, Richard.

Description

ix, 237 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Takes a look at the labour force trends of American older workers during the period 1948-2004. Examines the factors that contribute to changes in their labour market decisions, including unemployment insurance, disability, health coverage, job loss, and programmes providing assistance.

Uniform Title

Project Muse UPCC books

Subject

• Older people > Employment > United States
• Age and employment > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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, ... [et al.] -- 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.

ISBN

• 9780880993296 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0880993294 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 9780880993302 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 0880993308 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2008027941

OCLC

• 226303569
• SCSB-11248282

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Harvard Library