Overtime : America's Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer / edited by Lisa F. Berkman

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Truesdale, Beth C., editor.

Series:

Oxford Academic

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socioeconomic Factors--Workforce.

Socioeconomic Factors.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (353 pages)

Edition:

First Edition

Other Title:

Overtime : America's Aging Workforce & the Future of Working Longer

Place of Publication:

New York, NY Oxford University Press 2022

Summary:

With an aging population and growing inequality, America is at a crossroads in its approach to work and retirement. Americans live longer and healthier lives than they did 50 years ago and they need income for more years of life. Many policymakers and academics think it is logical - almost inevitable - that Americans will work longer, delay retirement, and spend more of these years in the paid labor force. But as social and economic inequalities have increased over the past four decades in the United States, working-longer policies and expectations that cater to the needs of the "average" American are a poor fit for many. This book calls for a rethinking of the working-longer policy solution. Experts in a wide range of fields examine the evidence and fill in the gaps. Together, they investigate how social and economic inequalities shape people's capacity to work, the skills and resources they have, the discrimination and other challenges they face, and the benefits that may accrue to them from working longer. And they examine changes across generations or birth cohorts, because the experiences of today's middle-aged Americans are not the same as the experiences of today's retirees. This book provides new evidence about the future of working longer in America, drawing on insights from economics, sociology, psychology, organizational behavior, political science, and epidemiology. The final chapter in this volume describes a policy framework to improve the well-being of Americans as they work and retire.

Contents:

Contents: Acknowledgments - About the Editors and Contributors - Is Working Longer in Jeopardy? - Lisa F. Berkman and Beth C. Truesdale - Part OneWho Has a Job? Labor Trends from Commuting Zones to Countries - 1. When I'm 54: Working Longer Starts Younger Than We Think - Beth C. Truesdale, Lisa F. Berkman, and Alexandra Mitukiewicz - 2. The Geography of Retirement - Courtney C. Coile - 3. The European Context: Declining Health but Rising Labor Force Participation among the Middle-Aged - Axel Börsch-Supan, Irene Ferrari, Giacomo Pasini, and Luca Salerno - 4. Planning for the "Expected Unexpected": Work and Retirement in the United States after the COVID-19 Pandemic Shock - Richard B. Freeman - Part TwoWhat's the Fit? Workers and Their Abilities, Motivations, and Expectations - 5. The Link between Health and Working Longer: Disparities in Work Capacity - Ben Berger, Italo López García, Nicole Maestas, and Kathleen J. Mullen - 6. The Psychology of Working Longer - Margaret E. Beier and Meghan K. Davenport - 7. Forecasting Employment of the Older Population - Michael D. Hurd and Susann Rohwedder - Part ThreeLived Experience: The Role of Occupations, Employers, and Families - 8. Dying with Your Boots On: The Realities of Working Longer in Low-Wage Work - Mary Gatta and Jessica Horning - 9. Ad Hoc, Limited, and Reactive: How Firms Respond to an Aging Workforce - Peter Berg and Matthew M. Piszczek - 10. How Caregiving for Parents Reduces Women's Employment: Patterns across Sociodemographic Groups - Sean Fahle and Kathleen McGarry - Part FourPolitics and Policy: Where Population Aging Meets Rising Inequality - 11. Working Longer in an Age of Rising Economic Inequality - Gary Burtless - 12. How Does Social Security Reform Indecision Affect Younger Cohorts? - John B. Shoven, Sita Nataraj Slavov, and John G. Watson - 13. The Biased Politics of "Working Longer" - Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson - 14. What Is the Way Forward? American Policy and Working Longer - Lisa F. Berkman, Beth C. Truesdale, and Alexandra Mitukiewicz - Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-751208-9

0-19-751209-7

0-19-751207-0