Mental retirement: Cognition, memory and outcomes
2010 study in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the effect of early retirement on cognitive function of people in their early 60s.
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The troubled U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
2008 study published in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on the factors that have hurt the U.S. pension-insurance corporation.
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Exercise training increases size of hippocampus and improves memory
2010 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the potential cognitive benefits of regular aerobic exercise.
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Physical activity and weight gain prevention
2010 study by researchers from the Harvard Medical School and others on the relationship between different amounts of physical activity and weight changes.
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Assessing variations in hospital resource use and outcomes
2009 paper in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes examining the relationship between Medicare spending and outcomes for patients with heart failures
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How longer work lives ease the crunch of population aging
2009 RAND Corporation paper examines the potential benefits of workers remaining in the workforce for longer periods of time.
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Age Discrimination in Employment Act and population aging challenges
A 2008 paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research paper looking at age discrimination in the U.S. and the ADEA’s historical effects
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Immigration and labor market outcomes in the native elderly population
2008 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the effect of immigration on labor market outcomes for native elderly workers.
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