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The Rowman & Littlefield Handbook on Aging and Work is a comprehensive resource for students, scholars, and practitioners seeking a broad overview of interrelated topics concerning the aging workforce or insightful discussions of specific issues and challenges facing people in the demographic. Notably, its chapters address the impact of current conditions and developments on the individual worker, organizations and employers, and society as a whole.
About the author
Elizabeth F. Fideler received an EdD in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University. She currently serves as director for the Sloan Research Institute on Aging & Work, Boston College. Fideler has written and presented extensively on aspects of the aging workforce. Prior to becoming a research fellow at the Sloan Center, she conducted research projects at Education Development Center. Her current research and writing interests focus on older women and men who choose to continue in the paid workforce beyond conventional retirement age. She is the author of many well-received books on this topic, including the recent Aging, Work, and Retirement.
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This handbook is a comprehensive resource for students, scholars and practitioners who need either a broad overview of important and inter-related topics concerning the aging workforce or insightful discussions of specific issues and challenges facing people in the demographic.
