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- Title
The Occupational Retention and Recruitment of Older Men: The Influence of Structural Characteristics of Work.
- Authors
Hayward, Mark D.; Grady, William R.
- Abstract
Abstract This study examines the effects of structural characteristics of occupations on the occupational retention and recruitment rates of older male workers. Based on transition rates reflecting occupational labor force status movements, the results indicate that movement out of the labor force is lowest in occupations characterized by high growth, substantively complex work, and low physical demands; movement to a different occupation is lowest in occupations with high growth and low levels of self-employment. Entry into the labor force is highest in occupations characterized by high levels of manipulative skill, a high concentration of elderly workers, and a low gap in earnings between younger and older workers; older men leaving their current occupation for other occupations tend to enter occupations characterized by low levels of social skill, high growth, a high concentration of elderly workers, and a large gap in earnings between younger and older workers.
- Subjects
EMPLOYEE recruitment; OLDER men; LABOR supply; EMPLOYMENT
- Publication
Social Forces, 1986, Vol 64, Issue 3, p644
- ISSN
0037-7732
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2578817