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Bridge employment

By Benoît-Paul Hébert and May Luong

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  • Between 1999 and 2004, the proportion of persons age 50 to 69 in paid employment after retiring from a career job averaged 9%.
  • The likelihood of leaving career employment for bridge employment was higher for those with an employer-sponsored pension plan, the university educated, and those with higher hourly earnings.
  • Other factors that increased the likelihood of bridge employment included having a spouse/partner who was not working and living in a rural area.
  • Retirees who returned to the labour market were most likely to do so in the first year following their retirement. And of those who returned to work, many were still working after four years.