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Synthesis Report: Older Workers Synthesis
Topic Area: Older Workers
Findings:
Although most workforce programs serve older workers, few specifically focus on this population, and research has not evaluated these programs’ impacts.
Studies that examined the impact of broader workforce programs, such as the Workforce Investment Act Dislocated Worker program, did not focus on older workers.
Early retirement among older workers was found to be lower in firms that allow flexible work schedules.
Changes to the Social Security retirement benefits appear to have been able to influence older workers’ decisions regarding whether to stay in the labor force.
Changes in health insurance provision have mixed or small impacts on older workers’ employment outcomes.
Autor, D. H., Duggan, M., Greenberg, K., & Lyle, D. S. (2016). The impact of disability benefits on labor supply: Evidence from the VA’s disability compensation program. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 8(3), 31-68. http://www.aeaweb.org/aej-applied/ [Impact of eligibility expansion]
Topic Area: Veterans
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-Unfavorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Low-Unfavorable impactsEmployment
- Public benefits receipt-Low-Favorable impactsPublic benefit receipt
Choe, C. (2008). The outcomes of policies designed to eliminate discrimination (Doctoral dissertation). University of Arizona.
Topic Area: Employer Compliance
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-Unfavorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Low-Unfavorable impactsEmployment
Autor, D. H., Duggan, M., Greenberg, K., & Lyle, D. S. (2016). The impact of disability benefits on labor supply: Evidence from the VA’s disability compensation program. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 8(3), 31-68. http://www.aeaweb.org/aej-applied/ [Impact of DC enrollment and benefit amount]
Topic Area: Veterans
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Mod/high-Unfavorable impactsEmployment
- Cook, J. A., Burke-Miller, J. K., & Roessel, E. (2016). Long-term effects of evidence-based supported employment on earnings and on SSI and SSDI participation among individuals with psychiatric disabilities. American Journal of Psychiatry, 173(10), 1007-1014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2016.15101359
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Employment-Mod/high-Favorable impactsEmployment
- Public benefits receipt-Mod/high-Favorable impactsPublic benefit receipt
Markussen, S., Røed, K., & Schreiner, R. C. (2015). Can compulsory dialogues nudge sick-listed workers back to work? (IZA Discussion Paper No. 9090). Bonn, Germany: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
Topic Area: Behavioral Insights
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Earnings and wages-Low-Favorable impactsEarnings and wages
- Public benefits receipt-Low-Favorable impactsPublic benefit receipt
- Twamley, E. W., Thomas, K. R., Burton, C. Z., Vella, L., Jeste, D. V., Heaton, R. K., & McGurk, S. R. (2019). Compensatory cognitive training for people with severe mental illnesses in supported employment: A randomized controlled trial. Schizophrenia Research 203, 41-48.
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Cruz, C. J. F. (2019). Policy shifts: Evidence from inflation targeting and Social Security reforms. University of Illinois at Chicago (dissertation)
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Mueller, L., Wolfe, W., Neylan, T.C., McCaslin, S.E., Yehuda, R., Flory, J.D., Kyriakides, T.C., Toscano, R., & Davis. L.L. (2019). Positive impact of IPS supported employment on PTSD-related occupational-psychosocial functional outcomes: Results from a VA randomized-controlled trial. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal., 42(3), 246-256.
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy, Veterans
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
- Kukla, M., Salyers, M. P., Strasburger, A. M., Johnson-Kwochka, A., Amador, E., & Lysaker, P. H. (2019). Work-focused cognitive behavioral therapy to complement vocational services for people with mental illness: Pilot study outcomes across a 6-month posttreatment follow-up. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 42(4), 366-371.
Topic Area: Disability Employment Policy
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis