Older and Out of Work

Jobs and Social Insurance for a Changing Economy

Introductory chapter | Table of Contents

The chapters in this volume, originally presented at a conference organized by the National Academy of Social Insurance, come from a group of policy experts who advance our understanding of the labor market experiences of older workers while pointing out that current workforce programs often leave this growing population underserved.

Included are:

• Introduction, Randall W. Eberts and Richard A. Hobbie
• The Consequences of Recent Job Growth on Older Low-Income Workers, William M. Rodgers III
• Reemployment and Earnings Recovery among Older Unemployment Insurance Claimants, Christopher J. O'Leary and Randall W. Eberts
• Age Discrimination and Hiring: Evidence from a Labor Market Experiment, Joanna N. Lahey
• Fraction of Disability Caused by Work, Robert T. Reville and Robert F. Schoeni
• Disability Retirement among Aging Baby Boomers, Ralph E. Smith
• Health Coverage for Aging Baby Boomers: Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Survey of Older Adults, Sara R. Collins, Karen Davis, Cathy Schoen, Michelle M. Doty, and Jennifer L. Kriss
• Time to Retire the Normal Retirement Age?, Joseph White
• Improving Health Coverage before Medicare, Paul N. Van de Water
• Public and Private Strategies for Assisting Older Wrokers, Carl Van Horn, Kathy Krepcio, and Neil Ridley

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