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Title: Can older workers work from home?
Citation Type: Working Paper
Publication Year: 2020
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Abstract: A major issue concerning the COVID-19 pandemic is how it will affect future employment options for older workers. Public health officials have made it clear that older people are more at risk of complications from the virus, meaning they may be the last to return to work. Therefore, their ability to survive financially will depend on their ability to work from home. So, the question becomes how many older workers can work from home. This brief builds on recent research that identifed occupations that can be done remotely. The new analysis links these jobs to a dataset of individual workers to examine any differences by age, earnings, education, and gender. The somewhat surprising result is that roughly the same percentage of older and younger adults can work from home. The ability to work from home, however, does depend on education, which means that it is highly correlated with earnings.
Url: https://dlib.bc.edu/islandora/object/bc-ir:108904/datastream/PDF/download/bc-ir_108904.pdf
Url: https://crr.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IB_20-9.pdf
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Authors: Chen, Anqi; Munnell, Alicia
Series Title: Center for Retirement Research
Publication Number: 20-9
Institution: Center for Retirement Research
Pages: 1-6
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Topics: Aging and Retirement, Labor Force and Occupational Structure
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