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Berkman LF, Börsch-Supan A, Avendano M. Labor-Force Participation, Policies & Practices in an Aging America: Adaptation Essential for a Healthy & Resilient Population. Daedalus. 2015;144(2):41-54doi: 10.1162/DAED_a_00329.
Berkman, L. F., Börsch-Supan, A., & Avendano, M. (2015). Labor-Force Participation, Policies & Practices in an Aging America: Adaptation Essential for a Healthy & Resilient Population. Daedalus, 144(2), 41-54. https://doi.org/10.1162/DAED_a_00329
Berkman, Lisa F, et al. "Labor-Force Participation, Policies & Practices in an Aging America: Adaptation Essential for a Healthy & Resilient Population." Daedalus vol. 144,2 (2015): 41-54. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/DAED_a_00329
Berkman LF, Börsch-Supan A, Avendano M. Labor-Force Participation, Policies & Practices in an Aging America: Adaptation Essential for a Healthy & Resilient Population. Daedalus. 2015;144(2):41-54. doi: 10.1162/DAED_a_00329. Epub 2015 Apr 01. PMID: 28042166; PMCID: PMC5193486.
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Daedalus. 2015;144(2):41-54. doi: 10.1162/DAED_a_00329. Epub 2015 Apr 01.

Labor-Force Participation, Policies & Practices in an Aging America: Adaptation Essential for a Healthy & Resilient Population.

Daedalus

Lisa F Berkman, Axel Börsch-Supan, Mauricio Avendano

PMID: 28042166 PMCID: PMC5193486 DOI: 10.1162/DAED_a_00329

Abstract

Population aging in the United States poses challenges to societal institutions while simultaneously creating opportunities to build a more resilient, successful, and cohesive society. Work organization and labor-force participation are central to both the opportunities and challenges posed by our aging society. We argue that expectations about old age have not sufficiently adapted to the reality of aging today. Our institutions need more adaptation in order to successfully face the consequences of demographic change. Although this adaptation needs to focus especially on work patterns among the "younger elderly," our society has to change its general attitudes toward work organization and labor-force participation, which will have implications for education and health care. We also show that work's beneficial effects on well-being in older ages are often neglected, while the idea that older workers displace younger workers is a misconception emerging from the "lump of labor" fallacy. We conclude, therefore, that working at older ages can lead to better quality of life for older people and to a more productive and resilient society overall.

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