Welcome to PubAlerts, a free service of the UNC Institute on Aging Information Center. Our goal is to alert you to new publications in the area of Older Workers, drawing from a wide pool of sources. You can subscribe to this list by visiting http://www.aging.unc.edu/infocenter/pubalerts.html. Please contact one of the library staff at aginginfo@unc.edu if you have comments or suggestions. --JOURNAL ARTICLES-- Addressing Needs of Employers, Older Workers, and Retirees: An Educational Approach Kathleen A. Segrist; Brian Tell; Vicki Byrd; Susie Perkins Educational Gerontology. 2007 May;33(4): 451-462. http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0360-1277&volume=33&issue=5&spage=451&uno_jumptype=alert&uno_alerttype=new_issue_alert,email Strategic Self Development for Successful Aging at Work Sean M. Robson, Robert O. Hansson The International Journal of Aging and Human Development. 2007;64(4): 331-359. http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?id=Q303171U76868517 The health behaviors of the older US worker. Fleming LE, Lee DJ, Martinez AJ, Leblanc WG, McCollister KE, Bridges KC, Christ SL, Arheart KL, Pitman T. Am J Ind Med. 2007 May 14; [Epub ahead of print]. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17503458&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum Hours Flexibility and Retirement Kerwin Kofi Charles and Philip Decicca Economic Inquiry. 2007 April; 45(2): 251-267. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2006.00009.x Older Workers: Who are the Working Poor in the U.S.? Yoon G. Lee, Hsun-Mei Teng, Sin-How Lim, William T. Gallo Hallym International Journal of Aging. 2005; 7(2): 95-113 http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?id=1276612280W67R47 --REPORTS-- Employers Lukewarm About Retaining Older Workers Andrew D. Eschtruth, Steven A. Sass, and Jean-Pierre Aubry Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (WOB#10, May 2007, .pdf format, 10p.) http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/wob_10.shtml It's Not Your Mother's Retirement: A MetLife Study of Women and Generational Differences MetLife Mature Market Institute in conjunction with Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement and Mathew Greenwald & Associates (May 2007, .pdf format, 35p.) http://www.metlife.com/WPSAssets/11058582391178628549V1FItsNotYourMothersRetirement.pdf Down Shifting : The Role of Bridge Jobs After Retirement Kevin E. Cahill, Michael D. Giandrea, and Joseph F. Quinn Center on Aging & Work/Workplace Flexibility at Boston College (April 2007, .pdf format, 11p.) http://agingandwork.bc.edu/documents/IB06_DownShifting_000.pdf Will People Be Healthy Enough to Work Longer? Alicia H. Munnell and Jerilyn Libby Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (IB No. 3, March 2007, .pdf format, 10p.) http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/ib_2007-3.shtml The Recent Trend Towards Later Retirement Leora Friedberg Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (WOB No. 9, March 2007, .pdf format, 7p.) http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/wob_9.shtml Training and Reskilling Practices of Healthcare Organizations Elizabeth Willis and S. Kathi Brown AARP (March 2007, .pdf format, 28p.) http://www.aarp.org/research/work/issues/health_training.html Looking Toward an Older Workforce: A Focus on New Mexico Employers Regina Sims and Joanne Binette AARP (April 2007, .pdf format, 39p.) http://www.aarp.org/research/work/issues/nm_worker_07.html More Californians are Working Later in Life California Budget Project (April 2007, .pdf format, 4p.) http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2007/0704_pp_olderworkers.pdf Older Workers: Some Best Practices and Strategies for Engaging and Retaining Older Workers Government Accountability Office (GAO) http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07433t.pdf Recruitment and Job Applications of Older Jobseekers from the Establishments' Perspective Lutz Bellmann and Martin Brussig Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), University of Bonn, Germany (Discussion Paper No. 2721, April 2007, .pdf format, 22p.) http://ftp.iza.org/dp2721.pdf Valuing Older Workers - How Germany Plans to Reform Labor Practices Ralf Brauksiepe AARP (March 2007, .html format) http://www.aarp.org/research/international/perspectives/mar_07_brauksiepe_employment.html Perceptions of an Aging Workforce Trend (Arizona, Idaho, Oregon) Jennifer H. Sauer & David Cicero AARP (February 2007, .pdf formats, about 21p. each) http://www.aarp.org/research/work/issues/aging_workforce_2007.html Older Worker Recruiting and Retention Survey : Global Results Manpower Inc. (April 2007, .pdf format, 14p.) http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/MAN/121465549x0x91562/798c81fb-96ad-40b0-89ac-0f14eb000d7b/Older_Worker_Survey_Results_FINAL_20Apr07.pdf --WHITE PAPER- The New Agenda for an Older Workforce Manpower Inc. (April 2007, .pdf format, 28p.) http://files.shareholder.com/downloads/MAN/121465549x0x91548/2f7a48b1-1b86-4006-90b7-f6cc2057ccf9/OlderWorkforce_Global_US_Letter.pdf --NEWS-- Motivation low to recruit and retain older workers TheMatureMarket.co.uk - UK What are organizations doing to prepare for an aging workforce? Not a lot, according to a global survey of more than 28000 employers across 25 countries and ... http://www.thematuremarket.co.uk/uk/older_workers-8669-7.html New York Times section on Retirement http://www.nytimes.com/pages/business/retirement/index.html?th&emc=th New approaches needed for aging federal public sector workforce CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse) - Canada ... called for changes in staffing approaches and practices if the federal government is to meet the challenges of an aging workforce. ... http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/March2007/29/c8280.html Shades of gray: Business impacts of an aging workforce WTN News - Madison,WI,USA According to one account, the country is experiencing an aging workforce problem that is predicted to become acute in the near term. ... http://wistechnology.com/article.php?id=3807 The New England Council Releases Studies on Connecticut's Aging ... Business Wire (press release) - San Francisco,CA,USA BUSINESS WIRE)--New England's aging workforce could stall economic development and job growth in the future, according to a report prepared by Northeastern ... http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070329005770&newsLang=en Workforce quality problems could lead to quantity woes Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Barre,VT,USA Organizers of a conference on the aging workforce identify LauberCFOs on the leading edge of tapping in to the value of older workers. ... http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070415/BUSINESS/704150325/1006/BUSINESS Live from NCOF: Don't Let Those Boomers Retire Just Yet Multichannel Merchant - Stamford,CT,USA ... desire to keep aging at bay and their need to work hard as well as play hard, aren't necessarily seeking to drop out of the workforce at age 65 or 70. ... http://multichannelmerchant.com/news/boomers-retire-04302007/ Arizona's Mature Workforce Initiative TheMatureMarket.com (press release) - Grenoble,France ... in light of an aging workforce, Governor Janet Napolitano joined forces with AARP to launch the Arizona Mature Workforce Initiative in February 2005. http://www.thematuremarket.com/SeniorStrategic/arizona_mature_workforce_initiative-8635-5.html Healthy Old Europe American Enterprise Institute - Washington,DC,USA The population of Western Europe is aging, and the region's birthrate, looking evermore anemic, is well below the replacement level. ... http://www.aei.org/publications/filter.all,pubID.26040/pub_detail.asp