Older workers are less likely than younger ones to have jobs that can be done remotely, according to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank.
Almost 8 in 10 workers over 65 can’t telecommute, compared with about 6 in 10 between 35 to 44, the analysis found.
“There are two elements of having a safe job if you are an older worker,” says Teresa Ghilarducci, a labor economist and expert in retirement security at the New School for Social Research. “One, if you can work from home. And two, if you do work in a workplace, if you can stay apart from others. Older workers are less likely to have those safe jobs.”
While that’s roughly on par with the jobless rates for all workers, that might not tell the whole story. After the pandemic hit, there was a 7 percentage point increase in the number of Americans claiming they were retired, according to recent research from the University of Chicago’s Becker Friedman Institute. That suggests that some older workers are taking earlier retirement due to COVID-19, the researchers said.
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