New study examines the relationship between low wages during working years and later-life cognitive functioning.
If an individual has a sustained low wage, they are more likely to experience faster memory decline.
"In other words, the level of cognitive aging experienced over a 10-year period by sustained low-wage earners would be what those who never earned low wages experienced in 11 years," states a press release from the university. "Our research provides new evidence that sustained exposure to low wages during peak earning years is associated with accelerated memory decline later in life,” said Katrina Kezios, author and postdoctoral researcher in the school's epidemiology department.Although sustained low wages have been associated with depressive symptoms, obesity and hypertension, no prior studies had looked at the relationship between low earnings during working years and later-life cognitive functioning.
“Future work should rigorously examine the number of dementia cases and excess years of cognitive aging that could be prevented under different hypothetical scenarios that would increase the minimum hourly wage.”
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