全球智库信息集成服务系统(G2TT): Contract Work at Older Ages

G2TT

来源类型	Working Paper
规范类型	报告
DOI	10.3386/w26612
来源ID	Working Paper 26612
	Contract Work at Older Ages
	Katharine G. Abraham; Brad Hershbein; Susan Houseman
发表日期	2020-01-06
出版年	2020
语种	英语
摘要	The share of workers who are self-employed rises markedly with age. Given policy concerns about inadequate retirement savings, especially among those with lower education, and the resulting interest in encouraging employment at older ages, it is important to understand the role that self-employment arrangements play in facilitating work among seniors. New data from a survey module fielded on a Gallup telephone survey distinguish independent contractor work from other self-employment and provide information on informal and online platform work. The Gallup data show that, especially after accounting for individuals who are miscoded as employees, self-employment is even more prevalent at older ages than suggested by existing data. Work as an independent contractor is the most common type of self-employment. Roughly one-quarter of independent contractors age 50 and older work for a former employer. At older ages, self-employment generally—and work as an independent contractor specifically—is more common among the highly educated, accounting for much of the difference in employment rates across education groups. We provide suggestive evidence that differences in opportunities for independent contractor work play an important role in the lower employment rates of less-educated older adults.
主题	Labor Economics ; Labor Supply and Demand ; Labor Market Structures
URL	https://www.nber.org/papers/w26612
来源智库	National Bureau of Economic Research (United States)
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资源类型	智库出版物
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/584285
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Katharine G. Abraham,Brad Hershbein,Susan Houseman. Contract Work at Older Ages. 2020.

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