TY - T1 - Working Life Expectancy at Age 50 in the United States and the Impact of the Great Recession SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/232116 T3 - A1 - Dudel, Christian; Myrskylae, Mikko A2 - PB - Y1 - 2017 LA - eng AB - A key concern about population aging is the decline in the size of the economically active population. Working longer is a potential remedy. However, little is known about the length of working life and how it relates to macroeconomic conditions. We use the U.S. Health and Retirement Study for 1992-2011 and multistate life tables to analyze working life expectancy at age 50 and study the impact of the Great Recession in 2007-2009. Despite declines of one to two years following the recession, in ... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - Working life expectancy; Health and Retirement Study; Great Recession; Multistate life table; EDUCATIONAL-DIFFERENCES; SOCIAL-SECURITY; LABOR-MARKET; WORKLIFE EXPECTANCY; ADULT MORTALITY; OLDER MEN; RETIREMENT; GENDER; TRENDS; RACE; 5141 Sociology N1 - PP - ER -