Pensions and social insurance—key parts of the welfare state—redistribute income and
wealth across class by providing, or not providing, practical and legitimate access to basic …

Retirement has long been a daunting challenge for working people. Saving enough during
working years to retire securely has never been easy, but the burden of preparing for …

The retirement crisis reflects systemic problems that require systemic solutions. Assigning
blame to individuals for saving too little ignores the reality that many older workers are …

During the pandemic, many older workers did not leave their jobs voluntarily but got pushed
out of the labor force. Since March 2020, the size of the retired population between ages 55 …

This paper examines the implications of employers' current COVID‐19 protective workplace
attendance policies toward older workers, potentially creating the outcomes of increased …

There is a long-standing debate over whether America's retirement system is in crisis.'The
COVID-19 pandemic has resolved the debate. Perhaps the system was merely challenged …

In every recession since the 1970s, older workers (ages 55+) had persistently lower
unemployment rates than mid-career workers (ages 35-54), partly because of the benefits of …

* The 1.4 million older workers still unemployed since April does not include workers who
were unemployed in April and have since left the labor force. Arrows reflect the change from …