May 21, 2008

Check Out Our New Web Site!

RetirementPolicy.org can help policymakers and the public sort through retirement trends and policy options. The site highlights our latest research on Social Security, private pensions, employment and volunteerism at older ages, medical and long-term care costs, and how all these issues affect federal budgets. Special web features show how the older population is growing and changing, and describe options for revitalizing Social Security.

Featured Item: Work

Will boomers, who have already transformed many social norms, also change retirement? Unlike earlier generations, many boomers are not jumping at the chance to retire, even though the first of them are now eligible for Social Security. The decline in physically demanding work allows many older people to stay in the labor force, although jobs are also more stressful than they used to be. High health care costs discourage some workers from retiring. And some employers are enticing older workers to delay retirement by offering flexible work arrangements. Read more:

• Capitalizing on the Economic Value of Older Adults' Work: An Urban Institute Roundtable
• Work: How Baby Boomers Are Changing It
• Employment at Older Ages and the Changing Nature of Work
• Do Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs Delay Retirement?
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• Current Strategies to Employ and Retain Older Workers
• The Implications of Career Lengths for Social Security

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