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Publication Date: February 2014
Publisher: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Author(s): Alicia H. Munnell
Research Area: Labor; Population and demographics
Keywords: Older workers
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The brief’s key findings are:
Older people have lower labor force participation rates than younger adults, so aging baby boomers are pushing down overall participation.
This aging effect accounts for more than 40 percent of the decline since the onset of the Great Recession.
An aging population also lowers unemployment slightly because older individuals who remain in the labor force are more likely to have a job.
The aging trend will continue for the rest of the decade and will show up in monthly labor force statistics.