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New Work-Limiting Health Events and Occupational Transitions Among Older Workers

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  • Jody Schimmel Hyde
  • April Yanyuan Wu

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In this study, we use the Health and Retirement Study linked to detailed occupational data to descriptively examine whether the occupational path of older workers who report a new work-limiting health condition in the years before retirement differs from that of workers who remain limitation-free.

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  • Jody Schimmel Hyde & April Yanyuan Wu, "undated". "New Work-Limiting Health Events and Occupational Transitions Among Older Workers," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 0d12254d6aa542e09156584e8, Mathematica Policy Research.
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