Working longer is a key to retirement security, but recent worsening health trends raise the question of how long people will be able to work. That’s according to a new Issue Brief published by the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College.
Working life expectancies, however modest, are driven almost entirely by high-education groups (with the exception of low-education Black women).
As a result, a large share of those with less education will not be able to work until Social Security’s full retirement age of 67, according to researchers. This problem is particularly acute among low-education Black men, a majority of whom will be incapable of working to 67. Read the full report.
Are Older Workers Capable of Working Longer?
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