Age Analysis of Alaska Workers, 1995

Age plays a large role in determining employment and compensation outcomes in economies everywhere, and Alaska is no exception. Circumstances related to life- cycle transitions are important to people's choices of whether to work or not to work, whether to work full-time or part-time, or whether to work seasonally or year-round. Compensation in the form of wages and salaries is also strongly influenced by age, differences in education levels, work experi- ence, child-rearing responsibilities, retire- ment, and other life-cycle factors.