IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ntj/journl/v52y1999i3p483-504.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Labor Force Participation of Older Workers: Prospective Changes and Potential Policy Responses

Author

Listed:
  • Favreault, Melissa
  • Ratcliffe, Caroline
  • Toder, Eric J.

Abstract

Increased labor force participation of the elderly can reduce the fiscal and economic stress from the projected aging of the population in the next century. This paper uses Survey of Income and Program Participation data matched with longitudinal earnings histories and Social Security benefit records to estimate joint work and benefit receipt choices for people age 62 and over. The probability of working is shown to depend on both worker characteristics and policy variables, with lower Social Security benefits and lower tax rates on wages both modestly increasing labor force participation of older workers.

Suggested Citation

  • Favreault, Melissa & Ratcliffe, Caroline & Toder, Eric J., 1999. "Labor Force Participation of Older Workers: Prospective Changes and Potential Policy Responses," National Tax Journal, National Tax Association;National Tax Journal, vol. 52(3), pages 483-504, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:52:y:1999:i:3:p:483-504
    DOI: 10.1086/NTJ41789737
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/NTJ41789737
    Download Restriction: Access is restricted to subscribers and members of the National Tax Association.
    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1086/NTJ41789737
    Download Restriction: Access is restricted to subscribers and members of the National Tax Association.
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1086/NTJ41789737?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Lucie Schmidt & Purvi Sevak, 2006. "Taxes, Wages, and the Labor Supply of Older Americans," Working Papers wp139, University of Michigan, Michigan Retirement Research Center.
    2. Timothy F. Page & Karen Smith Conway, 2015. "The Labor Supply Effects of Taxing Social Security Benefits," Public Finance Review, , vol. 43(3), pages 291-323, May.
    3. Dale S. Bremmer & Randy Kesselring, 2018. "How Social Security’s Earning Test, Age and Education Affect Female Labor Supply," Atlantic Economic Journal, Springer;International Atlantic Economic Society, vol. 46(4), pages 357-377, December.
    4. Siobhan Austen (Author A) & Richard Seymour (Author B), 2006. "The Evolution of the Female Labour Force Participation Rate in Australia, 1984-1999," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 9(3), pages 305-320, September.
    5. Nordberg, Morten, 2007. "The Total Tax on Labour Income," Memorandum 05/2007, Oslo University, Department of Economics.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ntj:journl:v:52:y:1999:i:3:p:483-504. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: The University of Chicago Press (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.ntanet.org/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.