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How Are Employers Responding to an Aging Workforce?

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  • Robert L. Clark
  • Beth M. Ritter

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The American population is aging and changes in the population’s age structure are leading to an aging of the nation’s workforce. In addition, changes to age specific participation rates are exacerbating the aging of the national labor force. An important challenge for firms and organizations is how does workforce aging affect labor costs, productivity and the sustainability of the organization. This paper examines employer responses to workforce aging including changes retirement policies, modification in working conditions, the adoption of phased retirement plans, and reforming other employee benefits.

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  • Robert L. Clark & Beth M. Ritter, 2020. "How Are Employers Responding to an Aging Workforce?," NBER Working Papers 26633, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:26633
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    1. Robert Clark & Linda Ghent, 2010. "Strategic HR Management with an Aging Workforce: Using Demographic Models to Determine Optimal Employment Policies," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 29(1), pages 65-80, February.
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    JEL classification:

    • J11 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Demographic Trends, Macroeconomic Effects, and Forecasts
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • J33 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Compensation Packages; Payment Methods

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