The Working in Retirement Study is a collaborative project with the Families and Work Institute in New York. This study will analyze data from the 2007 National Study of the Changing Workforce (conducted every 5 years by the Families and Work Institute) and the Health and Retirement Study. We will examine how employees who have retired from a previous job or career view their current employment experiences.
context/need
Preliminary research suggests that increasing numbers of older workers intend to extent their labor force participation. Some of these people will try to stay with their current employers for additional years, whereas other will retire from a career (or a job they have held for a while) than then try to find a job with a different employer.
Data from the National Study of the Changing Workforce will provide new insights about the everyday work experiences of the new breed of retirees who come back to work.
key research questions
- What is the demographic profile of people who are “working in retirement”?
- How do the employment experiences of male and female workers aged 50 and older vary?
- What aspects of their “retirement jobs” help explain variation in their job satisfaction?
- How long do people who are “working in retirement” plan to stay with their current employer?
contact
For questions of information about the Working in Retirement Study, please contact:
Melissa Brown, Research Assistant
browntv@bc.edu | +1 . 617 . 552 . 1181
Chad Minnich, Assistant Director, Marketing/Communications
minnicch@bc.edu | +1 . 617 . 552 . 3122
the working in retirement study team
To schedule a conversation with any of our staff, please contact Chad Minnich, Assistant Director, Marketing & Communications, at 617-552-3122, or minnicch@bc.edu.
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Melissa Brown |
Research Assisstant Melissa Brown is a research assistant at the Sloan Center on Aging and Work and a doctoral student in the Graduate School of Social Work at Boston College. She also collaborates on the Family Caregivers of the Elderly Project, being conducted by the Families and Work Institute. |
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Kevin E. Cahill, PhD |
Associate Kevin E. Cahill is an associate at Analysis Group, Inc. in Boston. He received his BA in mathematics from Rutgers College and his PhD in economics from Boston College. Dr. Cahill currently writes on topics related to the economics of aging. |
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Michael Giandrea, PhD
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Research Economist Michael D. Giandrea is a research economist in the Office of Productivity and Technology at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. He received his BS from Bates College and his PhD in economics from Boston College. His work includes research into the determinants of retirement, self employment among older workers, and the effects of mergers among firms on firm level productivity growth. |
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