[lbo-talk] Older Americans leaving labor force sooner

[Jim Devine]

STEPHEN OHLEMACHER wrote: >>Senior citizens are leaving the labor
force sooner than they did 50 years ago,<<

On 3/9/06, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> According to the BLS, 12% of over-65s were employed in 1996; 15% are today.<

so it's a matter of what time periods you compare?
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Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence
of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles