Opinion: Why are People Working Longer? It’s Not What You Think

When Elizabeth Fideler, a founding member of the Sloan Research Network on Aging & Work at Boston College, wrote “Women Still at Work: Professionals Over Sixty and On the Job” eight years ago, it was groundbreaking. Two years later, Fideler returned with the follow-up: “Men Still at Work: Professionals Over Sixty and On the Job.”

Now she’s back with Aging, Work, and Retirement using her intriguing research to concentrate on the latest trends in labor-force participation and uncover the reasons women and men bypass conventional retirement age and stay on the job.