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A recent study has found that partial retirement is becoming more popular with aging Americans. <\/p>\n
Analysis from the University of Michigan Research Center has found that 20 percent of workers between the ages of 65 and 67 hold a \u201cbridge\u201d job between working full-time and living in full retirement. That figure represents an large increase from 1960, when between 5 and 10 percent of workers held a bridge job.<\/p>\n
The researchers also found that workers are slowing down earlier. 15 percent of workers aged 60 to 62 are partially retired. The study found that, in 1960, partial retirement in this age group was almost nonexistent.<\/p>\n
The study defined \u201cpartial retirement\u201d as holding a job in which the earnings are 50 percent or less of the highest income the individual has had in his or her lifetime.<\/p>\n
Researchers said the change has been affected by the general unemployment rate and by the economy, with some (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A recent study has found that partial retirement is becoming more popular with aging Americans. Analysis from the University of Michigan Research Center has found that 20 percent of workers between the ages of 65 and 67 hold a \u201cbridge\u201d…<\/span><\/p>\n