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--REPORTS--

Employer Survey: 1 of 4 Boomers Won't Retire Because They Can't
Alicia H. Munnell, Steven A. Sass, and Jean-Pierre Aubry
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (WOB #6, December 2006, .pdf format, 9p.).
http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/wob_6.shtml


--NEWS--

Baby boomers plan longer working life: survey
Australian Broadcasting Corporation News, Dec. 5, 2006
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200612/s1804080.htm

Greying workers wanted for hire in aging Japan
Monday, January 1, 2007; 5:56 PM
TOKYO (Reuters) - Looking for work in Japan? Shigeo Hirano says you may have an edge if you are older than 60.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/01/AR2007010100576.html

Keeping them on the payroll
Asbury Park Press - Asbury Park,NJ,USA
The core problem is that because of the anticipated huge increase in retirement because of the aging of the boomer population, there won't be enough ...
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070108/BUSINESS/701080303/1003/NEWS01

Nation of early retirees = worsening labour shortage
Queensland University of Technology (press release) - January 4, 2007
http://www.news.qut.edu.au/cgi-bin/WebObjects/News.woa/wa/goNewsPage?newsEventID=11128

An incentive for older workers to stay on the job
Scripps News - Washington,DC,USA
. . . New research suggests that aging boomers plan to work longer than people born just a dozen years earlier. If they do, the economy will pump out more goods and services and mitigate the economic pressures created by an aging population. . . .
http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/18751

Demographers' warning: Baby boom bulge requires planning now
West Central Tribune - Willmar,MN,USA
By 2011, the millions of Americans born after World War II will begin turning 65 - leaving the workforce and putting greater pressure on public and private ...
http://www.wctrib.com/ap/index.cfm?page=view&id=D8MQEQV80

Greener Pastures Baby boomers redefine retirement
UMass Magazine Online - Amherst,MA,USA
Your company is bought out, and new management decides to downsize with a younger workforce. An attractive early retirement offers appears on your desk. ...
http://www.umassmag.com/2007/Winter2007/greener_pastures.html

Business: IT tools for an aging workforce
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
Over the next 10 years, the 'baby-boom' generation will begin retiring in large numbers. This massive demographic shift will have lasting social and business implications in most developed countries . . . http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Sunday/Focus/20070128090041/Article/index_html

Alaska faces skilled-worker shortage
Christian Science Monitor - Boston,MA,USA
The graying skilled labor force is a national issue, economists say, but it is accentuated in Alaska, where aging baby boomers dominate demographics more than most states. . . .
http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0125/p03s03-usec.html