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Reports: Economy and workforce
Working While Caregiving: It’s Complicated
S&P Global, AARP, May 2024, 21 pp.
This study explores the workplace experiences of caregivers and how they use employer-provided benefits and policies to remain successful at work while providing care at home. It examines challenges of balancing work and caregiving and policies that can ease the burdens in the workplace. more info >
Fact Sheet: Aging in the United States
Population Reference Bureau, January 2024, 3 pp.
This report examines recent trends and disparities among adults ages 65 and older, and how baby boomers will reshape America’s older population. more info >
Older Workers Are Growing in Number and Earning Higher Wages
Pew Research Center, December 2023, 16 pp.
Examines trends in older workers wages and work hours, finding that roughly 1 in 5 American adults over age 65 were employed in 2023 and that their earning power has grown in recent decades. more info >
Profile of Older Americans
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Aging, November 2023, 20 pp.
National data profile of older adults, including living arrangements, racial and ethnic composition, geographic distribution, income, poverty, housing, employment, education, health and health care, disability, and caregiving. New reports are issued annually. more info >
How Do Americans View Social Security?
AARP, November 2023, 6 pp.
Using General Social Survey data from 1984 through 2021, this report investigates Americans' perceptions of Social Security. Consistent with other research, it demonstrates that Social Security has been and continues to be viewed favorably, enjoying widespread popularity across socioeconomic and political groups. more info >
Are Income Tax Breaks for Seniors Good for State Economic Growth?
Carsey School of Public Policy, February 2023, 8 pp.
This brief looks at the impact on state economic growth of expanding income tax breaks for seniors, suggesting it would be beneficial for economic growth. more info >
Poverty Among the Population Aged 65 and Older
Congressional Research Service, December 2022, 26 pp.
Although the poverty rate among persons aged 65 and older in the United States has declined, the number of older adults experiencing poverty has grown because the population has grown. In 2021, 5.8 million people aged 65 and older lived in poverty. more info >
The Growing Socioeconomic Gap in Lifetime Social Security Retirement Benefits: Current and Future Retirees
Journals of Gerontology B, Oxford Academic, October 2021, 11 pp.
Explores the widening gap between lifetime Social Security benefits received based on socioeconomic status and gender. more info >
Redesigning Retirement and Human Resource Programs to Support Longer Lives
Stanford Center on Longevity, October 2019, 8 pp.
Explores ways in which employers can redesign their retirement and benefit programs and human resource policies to meet the needs of older workers and enhance the productivity of an aging workforce. more info >
A tale of two retirements: Working longer is exacerbating income inequality among older Americans
Urban Institute, November 2018, 70 pp.
Examines how delaying retirement is deepening income inequality for older adults by leaving those with health problems behind. more info >
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