by Mark Thoma, University of Oregon (Department of Economics)

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Grandma Needs a Job

Posted on May 15, 2008

If older workers want to retire later, or are forced to do so, will they be able to find jobs?: Older Staffers Get Uneasy Embrace, by David Wessel, WSJ: Americans are going to have to retire later, we're often told. They live longer than their ancestors. Neither their retirement savings nor the taxes of younger generations can support ever-longer retirements. ... But will employers want more older workers? There's a lot of happy talk around that we're going to have slowing in the rate of growth in young workers and, therefore, employers are going to want to hire older workers just at...

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