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Creating a Public Data Resource: The HRS-O*NET Linkage

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Few longitudinal studies provide detailed information about the characteristics of the jobs older workers engage in, limiting the ability to evaluate the potential consequences of extended working lives. In this session, we introduce a new project linking the 2019 O*NET taxonomy and corresponding data to the Health and Retirement Study for public use. We describe the procedures taken to develop an O*NET linkage to be released to HRS users in the form of a publicly available data file, allowing aging researchers to evaluate detailed aspects of occupations in the 50+ population. We explain the types of variables that will be made available in the O*NET-HRS occupation project, and provide examples for how the measures can be used in longitudinal HRS studies.

Source: Innovation in Aging

DOI: 10.1093/geroni/igab046.886

Authors: Rebekah Carpenter, Dawn Carr, Brooke Helppie-McFall, Julia Beckel

Institutions: Florida State University, University of Michigan, Colorado State University

Language: English

Topic: Retirement, Disability, and Employment

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $3,493