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Author: McDonald, Lynn
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McDonald, Lynn |
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Retirement Spectrum: A Socioeconomic Analysis Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Calgary, 1983 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Dual Economic Theory; Retirement/Retirement Planning; Rural Women Utilizing data from the NLS Older Men's cohort, this study examined the socioeconomic factors influencing early, on-time, and late retirement. Using a political economy perspective as an inferential framework, three models of retirement were estimated to achieve this purpose. The initial model was designed to determine the extent to which economic, social, and political structures explain the degree and timing of retirement. The second model investigated the effects of economic segmentation (core and periphery) on retirement and the third model explored the influence of substantive complexity, motor skills, physical demands, and working conditions of occupations on the retirement process. The general conclusion of the analysis is that behavior across the retirement spectrum can be linked to the social and economic structures of society, a central tenet of the political economy perspective. Further, these socioeconomic structures are at least as important as individualistic factors in influencing the degree and timing of retirement. |
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McDonald, Lynn. Retirement Spectrum: A Socioeconomic Analysis. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Calgary, 1983. |
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Wanner, Richard A. McDonald, Lynn |
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Ageism in the Labor Market: Estimating Earnings Discrimination Against Older Workers Journal of Gerontology 38,6 (November 1983): 738-744. Also: http://geronj.oxfordjournals.org/content/38/6/738.abstract Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: Gerontological Society of America Keyword(s): Age and Ageing; Career Patterns; Discrimination, Age; Earnings; Employment; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Job Tenure; Training, Occupational; Work Experience In this paper, the authors attempt to determine the degree to which older persons who are employed full-time experience a decline in earnings not related to a decline in productivity.Such a decline in earnings is labelled discrimination. Using panel data for a cohort of men age 45-54 in l966, trends in earnings between l966 and l976 are examined. The effects of labor force experience on earnings controlling for factors related to productivity, such as health, time on the job, and specific occupational training, as well as other factors known to influence earnings levels are analyzed. Comparing earnings attainment models estimated at both time periods, it was found that the effect of experience on earnings is negligible in l966 but substantial and negative in l976. Furthermore, by far the largest component in the real earnings decline experienced by these men between l966 and l976 is associated with the increase in age-related experience. |
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Bibliography Citation
Wanner, Richard A. and Lynn McDonald. "Ageism in the Labor Market: Estimating Earnings Discrimination Against Older Workers." Journal of Gerontology 38,6 (November 1983): 738-744.
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