PPI Work Study Live Stream 2015

Against the Odds: Older Worker Reemployment in Today's Economy

The AARP Public Policy Institute released a report on the results of a survey of the experiences of nearly 2,500 workers ages 45-70 who've faced unemployment in the past five years. CEO Jo

Ann Jenkins provided opening remarks and U.S. Department of Labor Chief Economist Heidi Shierholz gave the keynote

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The AARP Public Policy Institute is releasing a new report titled, "The Long Road Back: Struggling to Find Work after Unemployment," which features results from a survey of nearly 2,500

workers ages 45 to 70 who faced unemployment in the past five years.

Although the unemployment rate has been falling, long-term unemployment continues to be a challenge for older jobseekers. The survey report focuses on reemployment and the steps people took

to find work. It compares the new jobs of the reemployed with their prior jobs. It also examines the barriers jobseekers faced in trying to find a job, as well as various types of

discrimination and other factors that affected the search for work. In addition to releasing the study's findings, the Issues Forum will include a panel of thought leaders who will discuss

how best to deal with the problems facing the unemployed and how to better prepare for the next economic downturn.

President, AARP Policy, Strategy and International AffairsJo Ann Jenkins, Chief Executive Officer, AARP Keynote AddressHeidi Shierholz, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Labor Presentation

 Susan Reinhard, Senior Vice President, AARP Public Policy InstituteLori Trawinski, Director, Future of Work@50+ Initiative, AARP Public Policy Institute ModeratorSteven Greenhouse, former

labor and workplace reporter for The New York Times and author of The Big Squeeze PanelistsKatharine G. Abraham, Professor of Economics and Survey Methodology and Director of the Maryland

Center for Economics and Policy, University of MarylandDean Baker, Co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy ResearchOfer Sharone, Mitsubishi Career Development Professor, MIT Sloan

School of Management

Learn more about the Future of Work@50+ Initiative.

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