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A 2026 NBER working paper found evidence that employment losses driven by weak local labour markets accelerate cognitive decline among older Americans, with the clearest effects among men aged 51–64—suggesting that being pushed out of work may be cognitively more damaging than retirement itself.

Leaving work and losing work can look identical in a survey checkbox. They may be very different experiences for the person living through them. One …

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