title: Later-life Employment Preferences and Outcomes: The Role of Mid-life Work Experiences.
abstract: In this paper, we evaluate relationships between mid-life work experiences and the realization of preferences for full-time employment, part-time employment, and complete retirement at age 63-64. Using rich data from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, we demonstrate that the likelihood of achieving one's preferred employment status is related to earlier work experiences including employment stability in mid-life and self-employment, part-time employment, and private pension coverage across the life course. Despite large gender differences in work experiences across the life course, relationships between earlier work experiences and the likelihood of realizing later-life employment preferences are generally similar for men and women. We also find that these relationships are only partially mediated by economic and employment circumstances in late mid-life, suggesting the need for further evaluation of the cumulative pathways linking mid-life work experiences to the realization of later-life employment preferences.
authors.forename: James M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Raymo
authors.forename: John R
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authors.forename: Megan M
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authors.lastname: Hauser
authors.forename: Jeong-Hwa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Ho
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