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--

Discrimination, labour markets and the labour market prospects of older workers: what can a legal case teach us?
Sally A. Weller
Work Employment Society. 2007;  21(3): p. 417-437
http://wes.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/417?ct=ct

Managing older worker exit and re-entry practices: A `revolving door'?
Kate Shacklock, Liz Fulop, and Linda Hort
Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. 2007;  45(2): p. 151-167
http://apj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/45/2/151?ct=ct

Work Attitudes of Older RNs
Christine T. Kovner, Carol S. Brewer, Ying Cheng, and Maja Djukic
Policy Politics Nursing Practice. 2007;  8(2): p. 107-119
http://ppn.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/8/2/107?ct=ct

Why Do Boomers Plan to Work Longer?
Gordon B. T. Mermin, Richard W. Johnson, and Dan P. Murphy
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2007;62 S286-S294
http://psychsoc.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/5/S286?etoc

Involuntary Retirement: The Role of Restrictive Circumstances, Timing, and Social Embeddedness
Hanna van Solinge and Kene Henkens
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2007;62 S295-S303
http://psychsoc.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/62/5/S295?etoc


--REPORTS—

The transition of women and men from work to retirement
Fabrice Romans 
European Commission (Statistics in Focus, No. 97, August 2007, .pdf format, 7p.)
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page?_pageid=1073,46587259&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&p_product_code=KS-SF-07-097 
 
The geographic distribution and characteristics of older workers in Vermont: 2004
Cynthia Taeuber and Matthew R. Graham
U.S. Census Bureau (September 2007, .pdf format, 12p.) http://www.census.gov/prod/2007pubs/ledow07vt.pdf. 

Confronting the Coming Talent Crunch: What’s Next?
Manpower, Inc. (2006, .pdf format, 16 pp.)
http://www.manpower.ie/company_information/press_office/Talent_Shortage_White_Paper_Global_FINAL.pdf 
 
Promoting Work: Implications of Raising Social Security's Early Retirement Age
John A. Turner 
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College (WOB 12, August 2007, .pdf format, 8p.). 
http://crr.bc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=470&Itemid=3 
 
Older Workers: Employment and Retirement Trends
Patrick Purcell 
Congressional Research Service (RL30629, updated Sept. 2007, .pdf format, 16p.). 
http://opencrs.cdt.org/document/RL30629 

  
--WORKING PAPERS—

What Explains Trends in Labor Force Participation of Older Men in the United States?
David M. Blau and Ryan Goodstein 
Institute for the Study of Labor [Bonn, Germany] (Discussion Paper 2991, August 2007, .pdf format, 40p.)
http://ftp.iza.org/dp2991.pdf 
 
Labor Market Rigidities and the Employment Behavior of Older Workers
David M. Blau and Tetyana Shvydko 
Institute for the Study of Labor [Bonn, Germany] (Discussion Paper 2996, August 2007, .pdf format, 36p.) 
http://ftp.iza.org/dp2996.pdf 
 

--NEWS—

AARP Touts Benefits of Aging Workforce 
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/354584/aarp_touts_benefits_of_aging_workforce.html

Working boomers not likely to vanish
Vallejo Times-Herald - Vallejo,CA,USA
And even if it doesn't, the aging population will overtax other services, said Leanne Martinsen, executive director of the Area Agency on Aging serving Napa ...
http://www.timesheraldonline.com/ci_6791450

Finding a job after 50 
CNN - USA 
This is a list of companies that actively recruit older workers. Some of the companies include Quest Diagnostics, Pitney Bowes and Verizon. ... 
http://www.cnn.com/2007/LIVING/worklife/08/20/job.after.50/ 

Fighting retirement: Over the next two decades, four out of 10 Maine workers will be eligible to retire. If they do, we’re in trouble.
Mainebiz Daily - USA
In June, Richardson, who says he has been concerned about Maine's aging workforce since the 2006 "Charting Maine's Future" study from The Brookings ...
http://www.mainebiz.biz/story.html?story_id=951

Making your business attractive to older employees
ChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax,Nova Scotia,Canada
This may not sound like a lot, but it marks the beginning of an aging workforce. With a shortage of qualified workers in key sectors, trades and technology, ...
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Business/898234.html