Women working longer : increased employment at older ages / edited by Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goldin, Claudia Dale, editor.

Katz, Lawrence F., editor.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Older women--Employment--United States.

Older women.

Age and employment--United States.

Age and employment.

Older women--Employment.

United States.

Physical Description:

x, 315 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2018.

Contents:

Introduction / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz

Transitions over the lifecycle. Women working longer: facts and some explanations / Claudia Goldin and Lawrence F. Katz

The return to work and women's employment decisions / Nicole Maestas

Understanding why black women are not working longer / Joanna N. Lahey

Family matters: caregiving, marriage, and divorce. Changes in marriage and divorce as drivers of employment and retirement of older women / Claudia Olivetti and Dana Rotz

Women working longer: labor market implications of providing family care / Sean Fahle and Kathleen McGarry

Financial considerations: resources, pensions, and social security. Older women's labor market attachment, retirement planning, and household debt / Annamaria Lusardi and Olivia S. Mitchell

Teaching, teachers' pensions, and retirement across recent cohorts of college graduate women / Maria D. Fitzpatrick

The role of social security benefits in the initial increase of older women's employment: evidence from the social security notch / Alexander Gelber, Adam Isen, and Jae Song

The hidden resources of women working longer: evidence from linked survey-administrative data / C. Adam Bee and Joshua Mitchell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780226532509

022653250X

OCLC:

989726748