Can older workers work from home?

Chen, Anqi, and Alicia Haydock Munnell. “Can older workers work from home?”. Issue in Brief 20-9, Chestnut Hill, Mass.: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, June 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108904.
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Abstract

The brief's key findings are: As the economy reopens, older workers - who are more at risk from COVID-19 - may be the last to return to work. The analysis, building on recent research, explores how many of these older workers can work from home. Perhaps surprisingly, older workers are as well situated as younger workers in terms of having ""work from home"" jobs. However, only about 45 percent of all older workers are in such jobs, and they tend to be those with higher earnings and more education. As a result, many of the most vulnerable older workers will face either the health risk of returning to work too early or the economic risk of running out of money.

Title
Can older workers work from home?
Author
Chen, Anqi
Munnell, Alicia Haydock
School
Carroll School of Management
Discipline
Finance
Center
Center for Retirement Research
Genre
report
Date Issued
June 2020
Publisher
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Series Title
Issue in Brief
Series Number
20-9
Persistent Link
http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:108904
Use Restrictions
These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The publisher or original authors may retain copyright to the materials.
Subject
Financing Retirement

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