Working and disability expectancies at old ages: the role of childhood circumstances and education

Abstract

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Cumulative disparities in the dynamics of working poverty for later-career U.S. workers (2002-2012)

“…In general, men's relative WLE decreased by more than women's in the recessionary years (Dudel and Myrskylä 2017). Childhood SES likewise impacts length of working life for those age 50+, with women and men who had more disadvantaged childhoods working for substantially less of their remaining lives and spending more time in disability compared to those from more advantaged families (Lorenti et al 2020).…”

“…Predictably, educational attainment is important, interacting with race/ethnicity, gender, and early SES to impact WLE and decline in WLE after the economic crash (Dudel and Myrskylä 2017;Lorenti et al 2020). Educational attainment also moderates the association between the Great Recession and income.…”