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Gender and Racial Disparities in Physical Job Demands of Older Workers

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Policy proposals to cut Social Security benefits by increasing the normal retirement age from 67 to as high as 76 ignore the persistent physical demands older workers face. Between 1992 and 2014, workers ages 55 to 62 saw little decrease in physical demands at work. While older men and older white workers were the beneficiaries of slight declines in physical demands on the job, older women experienced an increase in comparison to older men while older black workers continued to fall behind older white workers.

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  • Teresa Ghilarducci & Kyle Moore & Bridget Fisher & Anthony Webb, 2016. "Gender and Racial Disparities in Physical Job Demands of Older Workers," SCEPA policy note series. 2016-04, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School.
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    1. Cherrie Bucknor & Dean Baker, 2016. "Still Working Hard: An Update on the Share of Older Workers in Physically Demanding Jobs," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs 2016-04, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
    2. Teresa Ghilarducci & Kyle Moore, 2015. "Racially Disparate Effects of Raising the Retirement Age," SCEPA working paper series. 2015-03, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School.
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    Keywords

    Retirement; 401(k); GRA; Social Security;
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    JEL classification:

    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • J32 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Retirement Plans; Private Pensions
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • E21 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Consumption; Saving; Wealth

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