Poverty is very widespread in the United States, especially among the over 75s
Inequality in the United States is higher and has been increasing faster between generations than in the OECD
Inequality in the United States is high among the population 65 and over
In the United States wealth is distributed more unevenly across age groups than in most other countries
Pension replacement rates are low in the United States
If voluntary pensions were more widespread old-age income would be less of a problem
Labour market exit ages are unevenly distributed in most countries
High-educated people tend to leave the labour market later
Many low-educated people enter retirement from inactivity or unemployment
Older workers are not equally represented across sectors
Many workers retire at age 62 in the United States
Health is an important retirement driver among men
Healthy women have a higher chance of remaining employed
Many older people with care responsibilities do not work
The relationship between caregiving and working differs across educational groups
Defined benefit pension plans provide less incentive to retire early than in the past
Combining pensions and work is uncommon in many OECD countries
In the United States working hours decline only slightly with age
High-educated people reduce their working hours more with age than the low-educated in most countries
The Great Recession coincided with large fall in hiring of older US workers
High employment rates of older US people but little change in recent years compared to other OECD countries, except after 65
US workers retire across a wider age range than workers in other large OECD countries
Large disparities in employment rates by education and disability status in the United States
Germany and the United States have greater wage dispersion for older workers
Federal employment protection law is very limited in the United States
Age differences in literacy are small in the United States
Age differences in numeracy are small in the United States
Older US workers with same education are no less literate than young
Older workers' lower numeracy skills also driven by lower educational outcomes
Differences in participation are not driving age differences in literacy and numeracy proficiency
Differences in reading, writing and numeracy tasks performed at work
In the United States, skill use of older workers declines less than in other countries, due to smaller educational differences across generations
Older workers use skills less because they have lower skill levels, but are over-proportionally found in occupations that use their skills efficiently
Worker age profiles differ across countries and occupations
Older workers more likely to supervise colleagues, have higher task discretion, use planning skills and influencing others more often
Older workers only see a small reduction in physical effort
Use of ICT at work
Modest age differences in ICT use except for 60-65 year olds
Population ageing is associated with the introduction of robots
Population ageing is not associated with lower growth rates
Moderate variation in average earnings over the life cycle
The United States has low levels of non-wage labour costs when employer health care is not included
Older workers of tomorrow will be better educated, except for men in Germany and the United States
Small skills gap by age in the United States but poor skills performance of future older workers
US older adults are among the most proficient in the use of ICT but US young adults among the least
US adults participate in education and training more than most OECD countries, but large discrepancies exist by employment status
Compared with other OECD countries, very little is spent on active labour market programmes and training
Above-average working conditions among older workers in the United States but far from reaching job quality levels in top OECD countries
Low prevalence of part-time work among older workers in the United States, 2016