2. The Return to Work and Women’s Employment Decisions

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Transitions over the Life Cycle
6. 1. Women Working Longer: Facts and Some Explanations 11
7. 2. The Return to Work and Women’s Employment Decisions 55
8. 3. Understanding Why Black Women Are Not Working Longer 85
9. II. Family Matters: Caregiving, Marriage, and Divorce
10. 4. Changes in Marriage and Divorce as Drivers of Employment and Retirement of Older Women 113
11. 5. Women Working Longer: Labor Market Implications of Providing Family Care 157
12. III. Financial Considerations: Resources, Pensions, and Social Security
13. 6. Older Women’s Labor Market Attachment, Retirement Planning, and Household Debt 185
14. 7. Teaching, Teachers’ Pensions, and Retirement across Recent Cohorts of College- Graduate Women 217
15. 8. The Role of Social Security Benefits in the Initial Increase of Older Women’s Employment: Evidence from the Social Security Notch 239
16. 9. The Hidden Resources of Women Working Longer: Evidence from Linked Survey- Administrative Data 269
17. Appendix: The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) 297
18. Contributors 299
19. 301 Author Index 301
20. Subject Index 305