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Is Working Longer the Answer for an Aging Workforce?

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  • Gary Burtless
  • Joseph F. Quinn

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One of the most important labor market developments of the last century was the sustained trend toward earlier retirement among American men. This trend came to at least a temporary halt in the mid-1980s. Since then, male participation rates at older ages have stabilized or even increased slightly, while older womenís participation rates have begun rising dramatically...

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  • Gary Burtless & Joseph F. Quinn, 2002. "Is Working Longer the Answer for an Aging Workforce?," Issues in Brief ib2002-11, Center for Retirement Research, revised Dec 2002.
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