“401(k) Plans: Increased Educational Outreach and Broader Oversight May Help Reduce Plan Fees,” (GAO-12-325, April 2012, .pdf format, 75p.).
May 23, 2012
CAAR – US Department of Health and Human Services Press Release – May 23, 2012
“HHS launches national campaign to educate older adults on registering as organ donors,” (May 22, 2012).
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CAAR – Employee Benefit Research Institute Article – May 23, 2012
EBRI Notes (Vol. 33, No. 5, May 2012, .pdf format). Note: The articles in this issues are “Trends in Employment-Based Coverage Among Workers, and Access to Coverage Among Uninsured Workers, 1995-2011,” by Paul Fronstin; and, “Retirement Income Adequacy for Boomers and Gen Xers: Evidence from the 2012 EBRI Retirement Security Projection Model,” by Jack VanDerhei.
www.ebri.org/publications/notes/index.cfm?fa=notesDisp&content_id=5062
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CAAR – Institute For Research and Information in Health Economics [IRDES] Working Paper – May 23, 2012
“Active Ageing Beyond the Labour Market: Evidence on Work Environment Motivations,” by Catherine Pollak and Nicolas Sirven (IRDES Working Paper No. 48, May 2012, .pdf format, 18p.).
Abstract:
‘Active Ageing’ strategies aim to foster the participation of seniors in the society. Although economic literature has extensively studied the incentives for seniors to increase their labour supply, little is known about the motivations for older people to complement labour with other forms of social participation. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, this article provides empirical evidence of the motivational role of the work environment in the supply of formal and informal productive activities of 50 to 65 year old workers. The results show that intrinsic rewards received at work, such as skill development opportunities and decision latitude, form an incentive for older workers to invest time in social activities outside the labour market. Extrinsic rewards on the other hand, like advancement perspectives, job security and pay, appear independent from non-market outcomes. Therefore, the opportunity for work time arrangements but also intrinsic rewards in the work environment should be developed if one aims to foster participation of older workers in the society.
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CAAR – Statistics Canada/Statistique Canada Article – May 23, 2012
“Job-related training of older workers,” by Jungwee Park (Perspectives on Labour and Income, Vol. 24, No. 2, April 2012, .pdf format, 13p.).
www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75-001-x/2012002/article/11652/11652hl-fs-eng.htm
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CAAR – Nature Letter Abstracts – May 23, 2012
A. “Apolipoprotein E controls cerebrovascular integrity via cyclophilin A,” by Robert D. Bell, Ethan A. Winkler, Itender Singh, Abhay P. Sagare, Rashid Deane, Zhenhua Wu, David M. Holtzman, Christer Betsholtz, Annika Armulik, Jan Sallstrom, Bradford C. Berk, & Berislav V. Zlokovic (Vol. 485, No. 7399, May 24, 2012, p. 512-516).
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v485/n7399/abs/nature11087.html
B. “Sustained translational repression by eIF2a-P mediates prion neurodegeneration,” by Julie A. Moreno, Helois Radford, Diego Peretti, Joern R. Steinert, Nicholas Verity, Maria Guerra Martin, Mark Halliday, Jason Morgan, David Dinsdale, Catherine A. Ortori, David A. Barrett, Pavel Tsaytler, Anne Bertolotti, Anne E. Willis, Martin Bushell, & Giovanna R. Mallucci (Vol. 485, No. 7399, May 24, 2012, p. 507-511).
www.nature.com/nature/journal/v485/n7399/abs/nature11058.html
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CAAR – Public Library of Science (PLoS) Article – May 23, 2012
“Microtubule Destabilization Is Shared by Genetic and Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease Patient Fibroblasts,” by Daniele Cartelli, Stefano Goldwurm, Francesca Casagrande, Gianni Pezzoli, and Graziella Cappelletti (PLoS ONE 7(5): e37467. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037467, XML, HTML, and .pdf format, 12p.).
www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0037467
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