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July 2004, Vol. 127, No. 7

Trends in job demands among older workers, 1992�02

Richard W. Johnson
Senior Research Associate, Income and Benefits Policy Center, Urban Institute, Washington, DC.
E-mail: RJohnson@ui.urban.org.


Employment increases among older adults could relieve some of the demographic pressures created by population aging, but only if older workers are physically able to perform their job responsibilities;  the share of workers ages 55 to 60 in jobs that never require much physical effort increased 18 percent between 1992 and 2002.

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