Research and Publications
Building an Experience Dividend: State Governments Lead Call to Engage Boomers
Several states, including Arizona, California, Maryland, New York and Massachusetts, are taking the lead in seeing the social potential of boomers.
2008 Encore Career Survey
The results of this 2008 survey, sponsored by MetLife Foundation and Encore.org and conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, found that between 5.3 million and 8.4 million Americans ages 44 to 70, up to 9.5 percent of people in that age group, are already in...
Boomers Are Ready for Nonprofits, But Are Nonprofits Ready for Them?
This Conference Board report, sponsored by Encore.org, focuses on the impact boomer retirements will have on the stability, growth and potential of the nonprofit sector. Nonprofits that understand the needs and value of experienced employees will be more successful in...
2007 BreakThrough Award: Showcasing Organizations That Tap the Passion and Experience of People Over 50 to Improve Society
This report profiles the winners of the 2007 BreakThrough Award, sponsored by MetLife Foundation and Encore.org, which recognizes nonprofit and public sector organizations providing meaningful public interest jobs for people over 50. (In 2009, the award became known...
Troops to Teachers: A Model Pathway to a Second Tour of Duty
This federal program helps experienced military veterans become teachers and role models in challenged schools
Are You Experienced? How Boomers Can Help Our Government Meet Its Talent Needs
As millions of boomers retire, the federal government will be especially hard hit. One solution: Look toward other retiring boomers.
Boomers and National Service: Learning From the Success of Youth Service
The grassroots youth service movement of the 1980s, recognized by a federal commission on national service, offers lessons for a commission focused on service by boomers.
New Face of Work Survey
The results of this 2005 survey, sponsored by MetLife Foundation and Encore.org and conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, show that people in their 50s and 60s want to do work that helps others. These individuals want careers that are about...
The New Face of Retirement
The findings of this 2002 survey, conducted by Peter D. Hart Research Associates, show that 9/11 appeared to have a galvanizing effect on the retirement plans of Americans ages 50 to 75. Forty percent of people in that age group reported feeling more likely to...
Recasting Retirement: New Perspectives on Aging and Civic Engagement
If we can motivate experienced Americans to apply a portion of their newfound time and accumulated experience toward public service, the result would be a windfall for American civic life as this 2002 research found.