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Baby boomers are finishing work later

A recent Federal Reserve study revealed that more people 55 and older are now working longer. This is a radical change from the style of a couple of decades earlier. It seems like the Baby Boomers aren’t going to be retiring so soon. There are a few reasons:

1. They cannot afford to retire. Among the highest living expenses but income that doesn’t increase to keep up with the rising cost of living, there are fewer people who can save enough money for retirement.

2. In the United States, the size of the public debt could suggest a loss of social security benefits at some point in the future. The large number of people who are eligible to receive payments is also increasing. Federal government benefits may not be a reliable source of income.

3. With such a multitude of employees retiring but fewer young employees to fill the job, it leaves job openings for older employees to fill. What company wouldn’t want to have experienced and trained employees in every industry?

Josh Zumbrun writing for The Wall Street Journal He explained that Americans are working longer but eventually reaching retirement. We have not gone back to the Middle Ages, when people functioned until they collapsed and died.

The change in labor force participation that has occurred at each age has been greatest for workers in their sixties. From age 62 to 65, women are 10 to 12 percentage points more likely to work today than they were in 2000, and men are 6 to 8 percentage points more likely to work. These are precisely the years in which decisions to continue working help optimize the size of Social Security payments and the years in which some workers may choose to continue working until they are eligible for Medicare.

Withdrawals by Americans have been delayed, but not entirely abandoned. Having the financial means to retire is a big part of the story. But the vast majority are still reaching their golden years eventually.

It is necessary to explain that the style of working longer is valid for both men and women. What does the future hold for those who reach 60? Will they retire at 65 like their relatives did? It is unlikely, as people are also living longer now.

Retirement life for 30 years is bound to be expensive and, for some people, somewhat boring. I believe that there will certainly be more people who will change occupations in middle age, as the retiring armed forces do now. Community colleges already offer good training and correspondence courses. We also see an increase in online courses. What do you think awaits retiring employees and what exactly do you plan to do?