Showing posts with label demography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label demography. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
off-topic
This is interesting:
I had no idea.
Despite poorer health, shorter lives and more strenuous jobs, in 1950 the typical individual did not claim Social Security until age 68.5. In 1950, more than 20% of Americans worked in physically demanding jobs; today only about 8% do. While today's technology-driven service economy places demands on older workers, it is hard to imagine that things were easier when Americans typically worked on farms or in factories.
Raise the Early Retirement Age
by Andrew G. Biggs
LA Times 11/9/2010
I had no idea.
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