Amid growing concern over how economically sustainable retirement may (or may not) be for older workers, new attention is being paid to such issues as the motives that drive individuals’ retirement decisions, as well as ways that might increase older workers’ labor force attachment so that they are more likely to augment Social Security and inadequate retirement savings.

A new paper, Work-Life Balance and Labor Force Attachment at Older Ages by economists Marco Angrisani and Erik Meijer of the University of Southern California and Maria Casanova of California State University, Fullerton, looked at work/life balance issues that can cause people aged 51–79 to quit work or to work less.

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