Over-50s are resigning en masse – new research explains who and why
- Written by Carlos Carrillo-Tudela, Professor of Economics, University of Essex
The UK economy has a problem with its over 50s: following the COVID pandemic, they have been leaving the labour force en masse, causing headaches for businesses and the government. Roughly 300,000 more workers aged between 50 and 65 are now “economically inactive” than before the pandemic, leading a tabloid paper...