scholarly journals A Study of Labor Force Participation and Living Arrangement on Health Status and Subjective Life Satisfaction in Later Life

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 1031-1044 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee-Ju Kang ◽  
Young-Ae Lee
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Later Life

Work History and Later-Life Labor Force Participation: Evidence from a Large Telecommunications Firm

ILR Review ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 699-715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gangaram Singh ◽  
Anil Verma
Keyword(s):  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Work History ◽  
Clerical Workers ◽  
Managerial Occupation ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Full Time Employment ◽  
Work Attachment

This study examines the relationship between later-life labor force participation and work history. Survey data on 1,805 Bell Canada early retirees show that 40% returned to work, of whom 17% took full-time employment, 51% took part-time employment, and 32% became self-employed. Return to work was positively related to work attachment and tenure in the last job, and negatively related to having been in a non-managerial occupation and lacking upward career mobility. Those with high attachment to work (as measured by responses to several survey questions) were more likely to return to full-time employment than to retire. Clerical workers were less likely than managers to choose part-time employment over retirement. Both lateral (versus upward) mobility in the last job and high work attachment were negatively related to the choice of self-employment over retirement.

scholarly journals Health status and labor force participation: evidence for urban low and middle income individuals in Colombia

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana María Iregui-Bohórquez ◽  
Ligia Alba Melo-Becerra ◽  
María Teresa Ramírez-Giraldo
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Low And Middle Income

scholarly journals GOVERNANCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION RATES AND LIFE SATISFACTION FOR THE ELDERLY

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽  
pp. 1198-1198
Author(s):  
H. Weng ◽  
T. Ho ◽  
Y. Zhu ◽  
S. Huang ◽  
L. Lu
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Participation Rates

scholarly journals Health status and labor force participation : evidence for urban low and middle income individuals in Colombia

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana María Iregui-Bohórquez ◽  
Ligia Alba Melo-Becerra ◽  
María Teresa Ramírez-Giraldo
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Low And Middle Income

scholarly journals Health and Labor Force Participation of Older Men, 1900–1991

1996 ◽  
Vol 56 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dora L. Costa
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Labor Force ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Historical Changes ◽  
The Past

I use Body Mass Index (BMI) to investigate how the ralationship between health status and retirement among older men has changed since 1900. Although BMIs for the elderly were much less healthy in 1900 than today, the BMI level that maximizes labor force participation rates has not changed. However, in 1900 the elasticity of nonparticipation with respect to BMI was greater than it is today, suggesting that health is now less important to the retirement decision than in the past. Other factors (especially rising income) are more important than health in explaining the historical changes in retirement rates.

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