Employment

In particular, we examine whether people use riskier strategies against attractive people, whether this affects performance, and whether men and women react to attractiveness in the same way. more »

Everytime I read of an elderly woman (60!) who (amazingly) fended off a purse snatcher or competed in a marathon, my stomach turns. I wanted to let journalists know that women over 70 could start, re-start, and succeed (fingers crossed) in entrepreneurial pursuits. more »

Already today, one in five workers aged 50 and older has fully retired from his or her former career job but currently is working for pay in a new role, which we define as a "retirement job." And this will soon become the "new normal" — fully 75% of workers aged 50 and older expect to have retirement jobs in the future more »

Female managers in 2007 had less education, were younger on average, were more likely to work part-time, and were less likely to be married or have children, than male managers. more »