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-- CALL FOR PAPERS: Research on Aging announces a call for papers for a special issue on Emerging Employment Patterns at Older Ages to be guest edited by Richard W. Johnson of the Urban Institute. The deadline for submissions is October 1, 2007. http://www.sagepub.com/upm-data/14191_ROA_specialcfpJJE_022607_1078040.pdf An Experimental Test on Retirement Decisions Enrique Fatas, Juan A, Lacomba, Francisco Lagos Economic Inquiry. 2007 July; 45(3): 602-614. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1465-7295.2007.00027.x Differences between younger and older workers in the need for recovery after work Kiss P, De Meester M, Braeckman L. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2007 Jun 19; [Epub ahead of print] http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17576592&itool=iconabstr&itool=pubmed_DocSum Labour Force Projections for Canada, 2006-2031 Laurent Martel, Eric Caron-Malenfant, Samuel Vézina, Alain Bélanger Canadian Economic Observer. 2007 June; 20(6). http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/11-010-XIB/00607/feature.htm Long-Term Effects of Cancer Survivorship on the Employment of Older Workers Pamela Farley Short, Joseph J. Vasey, and John R. Moran Health Services Research, OnlineEarly Articles. http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1475-6773.2007.00752.x --REPORTS- Growing Older in America: The Health & Retirement Study (2007, .pdf and ASCII text format, 102p.) http://www.nia.nih.gov/ResearchInformation/ExtramuralPrograms/BehavioralAndSocialResearch/HRS.htm White Collar, Blue Collar, Gray Hair: The Changing Composition Of Georgia's Workforce Anita Stowell-Ritter AARP (May 2007, .pdf format, 196p.) http://www.aarp.org/research/work/employment/ga_workforce_07.html Employment Planning for an Aging Workforce: Results from an AARP California Survey of Employers Jennifer H. Sauer AARP (June 2007, .pdf format, 16p.) http://www.aarp.org/research/work/issues/ca_employer.html Future of Retirement: The new old age HSBC Global Forum on Ageing and Retirement (May 2007, .pdf format, 51p.) https://www.ageingforum.org/files/8/uk_reports_2007/default.aspx Older Workers: Lessons From Japan John B. Williamson and Masa Higo Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (WOB #11, June 2007, .pdf format, 9p.) http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/wob_11.shtml Minority Workers Remain Confident About Retirement, Despite Lagging Preparations and False Expectations Ruth Helman, Jack VanDerhei, and Craig Copeland Employee Benefit Research Institute (Issue Brief No. 306, June 2007, .pdf format, 18p.) http://www.ebri.org/publications/ib/index.cfm?fa=ibDisp&content_id=3821 Does Health Insurance Affect the Employment of Older Workers? Joanna Lahey Center on Aging and Work/Workplace Flexibility (Issue Brief No. 8, June 2007, .pdf format, 7p.) http://agingandwork.bc.edu/documents/IB08_HealthInsurance.pdf Civic Engagement: Volunteering Dynamics and Flexible Work Options. John Havens and Tay K. McNamara Center on Aging and Work/Workplace Flexibility (Issue Brief No. 7, May 2007, .pdf format, 9p.) http://agingandwork.bc.edu/documents/IB07_VolunteeringDynamics.pdf What Today's Women Need to Know : A Retirement Journey MetLife Mature Market Institute (May 2007, .pdf format, 28p.) http://www.metlife.com/WPSAssets/13834883971181741311V1FWhatTodaysWomanNeedstoKnow.pdf The Geographic Distribution and Characteristics of Older Workers in Iowa: 2004 Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham Local Employment Dynamics LED-OW2007-IA (June 2007, .pdf format, 12p.) http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/ledow07ia.pdf --WORKING PAPERS- Why Do Japanese Workers Remain in the Labor Force So Long? John B. Williamson and Masa Higo Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (WP 2007-11, May 2007, .pdf format, 108p.) http://www.bc.edu/centers/crr/wp_2007-11.shtml An Update on Bridge Jobs: The HRS War Babies Michael D. Giandrea, Kevin E. Cahill, and Joseph F. Quinn US Bureau of Labor Statistics (Working Paper 407, May 2007, .pdf format, 16p.) http://www.bls.gov/ore/abstract/ec/ec070060.htm --NEWS- Census Bureau Launches Older Worker Profiles for 31 States Press Release - U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/aging_population/010216.html Labor-Force Participation: The Population Age 55 and Older Craig Copeland Employee Benefit Research Institute Newsletter: EBRI Notes (Vol. 28, No. 6, June 2007, .pdf format, 11p.) http://www.ebri.org/pdf/EBRI_Notes_06-2007.pdf Making Flexible Retirements Work Dan Kedlac Time (Vol. 169, No. 21, May 21, 2007) http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1619545,00.html Employers can benefit from hiring older workers FayObserver.com - Fayetteville NC,USA ... North Carolina employers will benefit from hiring older workers whose skills, work ethic and leadership will be reaching an *aging* customer base. ... http://www.fayobserver.com/article?id=265087 Quebec must move to combat aging workforce: economist Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada OTTAWA -- Early retirement should be discouraged and the normal retirement age gradually pushed back from 65 to 67 to reduce the impact of aging on public ... http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=3df24e49-d14f-49f7-b71f-7a376c01e0ad&k=18146 NS workforce aging, shrinking ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada ... market trends in Nova Scotia affecting the province's economy in the past decade, including an aging workforce and out-migration to places like Alberta. ... http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/841117.html Addressing the aging workforce issue - We need to stop encouraging ... CNW Telbec (Communiqués de presse) - Canada The aging of the population and the impending mass retirement of baby boomers are already starting to create labour shortages and will ... http://www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/June2007/18/c5610.html Xcel in danger of losing lots of energy as workforce ages Denver Post - Denver,CO,USA "The aging-workforce problem is probably still a few years away for us," said Mark Stutz, spokesman for Xcel, which serves 1.2 million gas customers and 1.3 ... http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_6165851