Tag: nontraditional workers
Abstract Holding nontraditional jobs – those that provide neither health insurance nor retirement benefits – at younger ages likely hurts retirement security relative to traditional jobs. But nontraditional work might be helpful to those looking to extend their careers for financial reasons. This study uses the Health and Retirement Study to determine the extent to…
The brief’s key findings are: U.S. workers have been facing growing competition from trade and automation. Do these factors push more workers into “nontraditional” jobs, defined as those without health and retirement benefits? This issue may be a particular concern for older workers, who increasingly need longer careers with continued access to benefits. The results…
