American Economic Journal:
Macroeconomics
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Older Americans Would Work Longer If Jobs Were Flexible
American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics
vol. 12,
no. 1, January 2020
(pp. 174–209)
(Complimentary)
Abstract
Older Americans, even those who are long retired, have strong willingness to work, especially in jobs with flexible schedules. For many, labor force participation near or after normal retirement age is limited more by a lack of acceptable job opportunities or low expectations about finding them than by unwillingness to work longer. This paper establishes these findings using an approach to identification based on strategic survey questions (SSQs), purposefully designed to complement behavioral data. These findings suggest that demand-side factors are important in explaining late-in-life labor market behavior and need to be considered in designing policies aimed at promoting working longer.Citation
Ameriks, John, Joseph Briggs, Andrew Caplin, Minjoon Lee, Matthew D. Shapiro, and Christopher Tonetti. 2020. "Older Americans Would Work Longer If Jobs Were Flexible." American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, 12 (1): 174–209. DOI: 10.1257/mac.20170403Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- D91 Micro-Based Behavioral Economics: Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J22 Time Allocation and Labor Supply
- J26 Retirement; Retirement Policies
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