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Appropriate for general readers.Choice
[U]seful for mixed audiences such as open-enrollment credit classes in labor studies, particularly classes on the political economy.Labor Studies Journal
[A]n insightful contribution to the literature on the social consequences of an aging society. It provides cogent reasons to doubt rosy predictions of abundant job opportunities for older workers in the years ahead, and challenges readers to consider realistic policy options to create meaningful job opportunities for the growig share of the population that is elderly or near elderly.Industrial and Labor Relations Review
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When Congress enacted Social Secuirty in 1935, with the age of retirement set at age 65, average life expectancy was 62 years. By the time Medicare was enacted 30 years later, life expectancy had risen to age 70. Since the enactment of Medicare, life expectancy has risen to age 76 today and may be expected to increase further in the decades to come. Clearly, the increase in post-retirement life expectancy has significant implications for the level of national expenditures attributable to an aging population. One of the approaches suggested as a solution to the so-called income transfer problem is to redefine old age, that is, to push retirement and its associated benefits off to a later age. This would effectively increase the size of the workforce, with older workers continuing to contribute their payroll taxes for an extended period of time. The critical question Sicker poses is, will there be enough appropriate employment opportunities for a growing number of older workers in the workforce of the future? The evidence for a positive response is far from clear or compelling. Sicker examines the prospective place of the aging worker in the employment environment of the 21st century in light of the restructuring of American business and the world of work in the final decades of the last century. In doing so, he raises serious concerns about the validity and utility of some of the neoclassical economic ideas and assumptions that have become part of the conventional wisdom of our time. Sicker contends that these dubious propositions have unwittingly contributed signficantly to the problem through their manifestation in public policy. However, the principal focus of his analysis is not on economic theory as such, but on the realities and uncertainties that an aging American workforce will face in the decades to come. This book is significant reading for scholars, researchers, and the general public interested in labor force and aging policy issues.
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Appropriate for general readers.
[U]seful for mixed audiences such as open-enrollment credit classes in labor studies, particularly classes on the political economy.
[A]n insightful contribution to the literature on the social consequences of an aging society. It provides cogent reasons to doubt rosy predictions of abundant job opportunities for older workers in the years ahead, and challenges readers to consider realistic policy options to create meaningful job opportunities for the growig share of the population that is elderly or near elderly.
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When Congress enacted Social Secuirty in 1935, with the age of retirement set at age 65, average life expectancy was 62 years. By the time Medicare was enacted 30 years later, life expectancy had risen to age 70. Since the enactment of Medicare, life expectancy has risen to age 76 today and may be expected to increase further in the decades to come. Clearly, the increase in post-retirement life expectancy has significant implications for the level of national expenditures attributable to an aging population. One of the approaches suggested as a solution to the so-called income transfer problem is to redefine old age, that is, to push retirement and its associated benefits off to a later age. This would effectively increase the size of the workforce, with older workers continuing to contribute their payroll taxes for an extended period of time. The critical question Sicker poses is, will there be enough appropriate employment opportunities for a growing number of older workers in the workforce of the future? The evidence for a positive response is far from clear or compelling. Sicker examines the prospective place of the aging worker in the employment environment of the 21st century in light of the restructuring of American business and the world of work in the final decades of the last century. In doing so, he raises serious concerns about the validity and utility of some of the neoclassical economic ideas and assumptions that have become part of the conventional wisdom of our time. Sicker contends that these dubious propositions have unwittingly contributed signficantly to the problem through their manifestation in public policy. However, the principal focus of his analysis is not on economic theory as such, but on the realities and uncertainties that an aging American workforce will face in the decades to come. This book is significant reading for scholars, researchers, and the general public interested in labor force and aging policy issues.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 58 books Explore: Citations | Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: nonstandard workforce, nonstandard workers, cybernation revolution, national employment policy, teenage employment (more) Key Phrases - CAPs: United States, New York, Business Week, Economic Policy Institute, Washington Post (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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Given the centrality of work in our lives as individuals and collectively as a society and nation, it is rather surprising that relatively little public attention is directed to the manner and extent to which work and employment influence our social as well as economic well-being. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nonstandard workforce, nonstandard workers, cybernation revolution, national employment policy, teenage employment, net new jobs, contingent work, corporate paternalism, employment environment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Business Week, Economic Policy Institute, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Federal Reserve, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, Employment Policy Foundation, Gene Koretz, Monthly Labor Review, Robert Reich, Census Bureau, Jared Bernstein, Management Review, Small Business Administration, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Louis Uchitelle, Lawrence Mishel, Peter Drucker, Corporate America, Current Population Survey, Los Angeles Times, National Policy Association New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Given the centrality of work in our lives as individuals and collectively as a society and nation, it is rather surprising that relatively little public attention is directed to the manner and extent to which work and employment influence our social as well as economic well-being. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
nonstandard workforce, nonstandard workers, cybernation revolution, national employment policy, teenage employment, net new jobs, contingent work, corporate paternalism, employment environment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, Business Week, Economic Policy Institute, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Federal Reserve, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, Employment Policy Foundation, Gene Koretz, Monthly Labor Review, Robert Reich, Census Bureau, Jared Bernstein, Management Review, Small Business Administration, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Louis Uchitelle, Lawrence Mishel, Peter Drucker, Corporate America, Current Population Survey, Los Angeles Times, National Policy Association New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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This book cites 58
books:
- Economic Policy by G.B.J. Atkinson on 5 pages
- The Judas Economy: the triumph of capital and the betrayal of work by William Wolman on 5 pages
- Contingent Work: American Employment Relations in Transition (ILR Press Books) by Kathleen, Ph.D. Barker on 4 pages