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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.
Zhang, T. (2011). Workforce Investment Act training for older workers: Toward a better understanding of older worker needs during the economic recovery (ETA Occasional Paper 2011-10). Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration.
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:Choi, S. (2012). Income tax and older American workers’ job transition into self-employment. Korea and the World Economy, 13(2), 189-214.
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:- Chang, C.J. (2019) The Effects of Work Life Policies: Teleworking and paid family leave [Doctoral dissertation, University of Illinois, Chicago]. ProQuest Dissertations Publishing. [Chapter 3: Is the Road to Unemployment Paved with Good Intentions? Labor Market Outcomes of Young Women]
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness: - McLaughlin, J. S. (2020). Falling between the cracks: Discrimination laws and older women. Labour, 34(2), 215-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12175. [Federal ADEA comparison]
Topic Area: Employer Compliance
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness: - McLaughlin, J. S. (2020). Falling between the cracks: Discrimination laws and older women. Labour, 34(2), 215-238. https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12175 [State age discrimination laws comparison]
Topic Area: Employer Compliance
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness: Neumark, D., & Button, P. (2014). Did age discrimination protections help older workers weather the Great Recession? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 33(4), 566-601. doi:10.1002/pam.21762
Topic Area: Older Workers
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:McConnell, S., Fortson, K., Rotz, D., Schochet, P., Burkander, P., Rosenberg, L., Mastri, A., & D’Amico, R. (2016). Providing public workforce services to job seekers: 15-month impact findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research.
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:McConnell, S., Fortson, K., Rotz, D., Schochet, P., Burkander, P., Rosenberg, L., Mastri, A., & D’Amico, R. (2016). Providing public workforce services to job seekers: 15-month impact findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. [Comparison between Core-and-Intensive Services versus Core Services]
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:McConnell, S., Fortson, K., Rotz, D., Schochet, P., Burkander, P., Rosenberg, L., Mastri, A., & D’Amico, R. (2016). Providing public workforce services to job seekers: 15-month impact findings on the WIA Adult and Dislocated Worker programs. Washington, DC: Mathematica Policy Research. [Comparison betwwen Full-WIA Services versus Core Services]
Study Type: Causal Impact Analysis
Outcome Effectiveness:
