Older Workers

Reports

• Engaged as We Age (Sloan Center on Aging & Work; February 2010)
• Workers’ Response to the Market Crash: Work More, Save More? (Sass, Monk, and Haverstick; February 2010)
• Older Adults’ Labor Force Participation since 1993: A Decade and a Half of Growth (Urban Institute; January 2010)
• Engaging the 21st Century Multi-Generational Workforce: Findings from the Age & Generations Study (Sloan Center on Aging & Work; March 2009)
• Workplace Flexibility: Findings from the Age & Generations Study (Sloan Center on Aging & Work; January 2009)
• A Golden Opportunity: Recruiting Baby Boomers Into Government (Parnership for Public Service; 2008)
• The 21st Century Multi-Generational Workplace (BC; 2007)
• Does Health Insurance affect the Employment of Older Workers? (BC; 2007)
• Employment Status of Workers Age 55 and Older (EBRI; 2007)
• How Long Do Boomers Plan to Work? (Urban Institute; 2007)
• Look Whos Still Working Now (Federal Reserve; 2007)
• Managerial Attitudes Toward Older Workers(Urban Institute; 2007)
• Older Women Workers (DOL; 2007)
• Census Bureau Launches Older Worker Profiles for 31 States (2007)
• How Old are Today's Older Workers? (BC; 2006)
• Wisdom at Work: The Importance of the Older and Experienced Nurse in the Workplace (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; 2006)
• Work Impediments at Older Ages (Urban Institute; 2006)
• Redefining Retirement: Options for Older Americans (GAO; 2005)
• Does Work Pay at Older Ages? (Urban Institute; 2004)
• Workforce Challenges and Opportunities For 21st Century: Changing Labor Force Dynamics and the Role of Government Polices (GAO; 2004)
• Letting Older Workers Work (Urban Institute; 2003)
• Older Workers: Policies of Other Nations to Increase Labor Force Participation (GAO; 2003)

News and Magazine Articles

• Older Workers Public Policy & Aging E-newsletter (National Academy on an Aging Society; 2007)
• Older workers and the recession (The Economist; 2009) $$
• Companies find ways to retain expertise of older workers (Seattle Times; 2008)
• Younger, older workers have much to learn from each other (Johnston; 2007)
• Old. Smart. Productive. (BusinessWeek; 2005)

Journal Articles

• Older Workers: An Opportunity to Expand the Long-Term Care/Direct Care Labor Force (Hwalek, Straub, and Kosniewski; The Gerontologist; 2008)
• Employment Hardship Among Older Workers: Does Residential and Gender Inequality Extend Into Older Age? (Slack and Jensen; The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences; 2008)
• Productive Activity Clusters Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults: Intersecting Forms and Time Commitments (Burr, Mutchler, and Caro; The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences; 2007)
• The Aging Workforce: Will we ever be ready for it? (Binstock; The Gerontologist; 2005)
• Older Workers and Bridge Employment:Redefining Retirement (Ulrich and Brott; Journal of Employment Counseling; 2005)

Congressional Records

• Senior Citizen's Freedom to Work Act of 2000
• Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967
• Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990
• Older Worker Opportunity Act of 2009
• The Aging Workforce: What Does It Mean for Businesses and the Economy (U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging; 2007)

Books

• Encore: Finding Work that Matters in the Second Half of Life (Freedman; 2008)
• The Older Worker Advantage: Making the Most of Our Aging Workforce (Shea and Haasen; 2005)
• Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America (Freedman; 2002)

Websites

• U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: Age Discrimination
• U.S. Dept. of Labor: Employment Laws Assistance
• The Sloan Center or Aging and Work
• National Older Worker Career Center
• Senior Service America
• MSN Career Builder
• Experience Works
• Workforce50: Employment and Career Change Resources for People Over 50