Entrepreneurship has declined among younger households, those headed by somebody less than 50 years old, while it has increased among older households over the past two decades. We explore whether this divergence in entrepreneurial activity could be linked to different experiences with income...

In this report we highlight findings on the differing job demands of older versus younger workers from the 2015 American Working Conditions Survey (AWCS), a new nationally representative survey of U.S. workers ages 25-71. We find that generally older workers (over age 50) report better working...

As the population ages in the United States and other countries, encouraging older individuals to work would help counter increasing dependency ratios and improve national economic outcomes. Extending working lives is likely not simply a function of improving monetary incentives. Instead, job...