Harvard Pop Center faculty member Nicole Maestas, PhD, is author on a working paper that studies the role that job characteristics (and preferences for these characteristics) play in influencing whether a person stays in the workforce or transitions to retirement.
What might encourage older people to stay in workforce longer?
![Older man using a computer to service a car](https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/population-development/wp-content/uploads/sites/2623/2018/01/Older-man_Sloan.jpg)