How job changes affect retirement timing by socioeconomic status

Year of Publication
2017
Author
Series Title
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College Briefs
Document Number
IB#17-3
Institution
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
City
Boston
Abstract

The brief’s key findings are:
Workers in their 50s today, compared to previous generations, are more likely to switch jobs voluntarily.
The question is whether such job changes lengthen or shorten a worker’s career.
The results suggest that job changes lengthen careers: those who switch jobs are much more likely to still be in the labor force at age 65 than those who stay put.
This effect is somewhat larger for better-educated workers than for less-educated workers.

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https://crr.bc.edu/briefs/how-job-changes-affect-retirement-timing-by-socioeconomic-status/
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