Countries are advancing retirement age as life expectancy advances. But increases in healthy life expectancy are not keeping pace with total life expectancy, lengthening the portion of life spent with disability and threatening the capacity of individuals to work longer. Now, a study forecasts healthy life expectancy for people in England in 2035.
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L.B. reports research support from the Sloan Foundation (Working Longer: In Jeopardy 2018-11232) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Workplace Redesign for Worker Well-Being 74575)
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Rowe, J.W., Berkman, L. Decompression of morbidity and the workforce. Nat Aging 2, 3–4 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-021-00163-y
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