The job market for older workers is even tougher thancommonly believed.
That’s the word from the Schwartz Center for Economic PolicyAnalysis at the New School for Social Research, which has begunissuing “Older Workers at a Glance,” a report of key labor marketstatistics for workers over 55 as a supplement to its monthlyanalysis of market trends.
According to the report, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporteda historically low headline unemployment rate for older workers of3.5 percent in August, a figure used as evidence bolstering a claimthat people can continue to work if they have inadequateretirement income.
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