Notes that inclusion of older workers into the labor force is becoming a social and economic need. Asks counselors to encourage career planning for the total life span including years typically used for retirement. Addresses attitudinal obstacles to extending work lives, options for continuing work life, and effective procedures for promoting…

Early retirement programs offer individuals an alternative to the work ethic while allowing them to maintain job security. Examples are given of several early, partial, and phased retirement programs currently being used in universities and public school systems. (DF)

Predictions from Polachek's theory explaining occupational sex segregation are tested and found to be false. The data do not show that women are penalized less for intermittent employment if they choose predominantly female occupations. There is no evidence that such a choice is economically rational. (Author/SK)

African children's time perspective and orientation towards the future were analyzed in compositions entitled "Future Prospects in my Life," written by 754 boys and 306 girls in 11 schools, grades 5-12, in Liberia, West Africa. Content analysis indicated that both sexes were most interested in "education and profession" and…

Withdrawal from social security could be detrimental to the long-range welfare of the institution, its employees, and the society in which they function, suggests the author. Legal and financial complications are considered. (Editor/LBH)

Summarizes research studies on (1) differentials in retirement income and life expectancy in Montreal; (2) differentials in life expectancy following retirement in Paris; (3) relationship between work and postretirement health in Paris; (4) effects of piecework on aging in Quebec; and (5) relationship among occupation, health, and work ability in…

A study presented a new set of official worklife estimates based on patterns observed during the period 1979-80. Two new dimensions were added to the discussion: the effects of race and of educational background on lifetime labor force behavior. The new figures were calculated from information collected in the Current Population Survey. The…

The transcripts of testimony given before the Senate Committee on Aging by the former Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Joseph Califano, and the Director of the Center on Work and Aging at the American Institutes for Research, Harold Sheppard, are presented. Issues reviewed in these statements address the following…

Vroom's expectancy theory model to predict older worker's choices between employment or retirement hypothesized that a person's preference would be a function of differences between instrumentality of employment and retirement for attainment of outcomes, multiplied by the valence of each outcome, summed over outcomes. Results supported the…

Since knowledge of ego development can be used in professional work, a needed classification of attitudes toward the work ethic is advanced. A radical departure from our retirement policy towards those over 65 years of age requires additional competence on the part of counselors in the field of aging. (Author)

Presents findings on the work disincentives which are expected to be removed by the 1983 Amendments to the Social Security Act. Summarizes evidence on labor market conditions which may encourage early retirement. Discusses implications of this evidence for public policy and for the economic well-being of older Americans. (Author/ABB)

Respondents had generally positive attitudes toward retirement, possibly due to preplanning, financial security, and flexibility. Education for retirement must begin early in a woman's career to combat loneliness and possible financial problems. (JAC)

Focuses on older men who continue to work after sixty. Examines major factors that contribute to the older worker's decision to remain on the job and how these factors reflect employment characteristics. Emphasizes reasons for industry and occupational employment patterns of older workers. (CSS)

International employment policy must change in order to provide people with work suited to their abilities at every life stage. If technology fails to create sufficient jobs, available work should be redistributed to ensure that large numbers of people do not remain inactive at the community's expense. (Author/CH)