Forced to Early Social Security, Unemployed Pay a Steep Price - nytimes

A Government Accountability Office report found that just under a third of those 55 to 64 who lost their jobs from 2007 through 2009 had found full-time work by January 2010, compared with 41 percent of people 25 to 54. The median duration of unemployment for those 55 and older was 34.1 weeks in May, according to the Labor Department, in contrast to 22 weeks for all jobless people over 16. - Forced to Early Social Security, Unemployed Pay a Steep Price
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