How do job skills that decline with age affect white-collar workers?

Belbase, Anek, Geoffrey T. Sanzenbacher, and Christopher M. Gillis. “How do job skills that decline with age affect white-collar workers?”. Issue in Brief 16-6, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, April 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:106726.
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Abstract

The brief's key findings are: (1) The ability to work longer can be hampered by skills that decline with age. (2) Declining physical skills - such as diminished strength and flexibility - are easy to spot and often associated with blue-collar jobs. (3) But white-collar jobs may also require abilities that decline with age, including cognitive and fine motor skills. (4) The analysis created an index measuring the reliance on skills that decline with age for over 900 occupations. (5) The results show that while blue-collar jobs are more vulnerable to eroding skills, some white-collar jobs are vulnerable too, which can lead to earlier retirements.

Title
How do job skills that decline with age affect white-collar workers?
Author
Belbase, Anek
Sanzenbacher, Geoffrey T.
Gillis, Christopher M.
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
report
Date Issued
April 2016
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
Issue in Brief
Series Number
16-6
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:106726
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Subject
Older workers

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