The best way to tempt the old to go on working may be to build on such
'bridge' jobs: part-time or temporary employment that creates a more
gradual transition from full-time work to retirement. Mr Quinn, who has
studied the phenomenon, finds that in the United States, nearly half of
all men and women who had been in full-time jobs in middle age moved
into such "bridge" jobs at the end of their working lives. In general,
it is the best-paid and worst-paid who carry on working: 'There are',
he says, 'two very different types of bridge job-holders---those who
continue working because they have to and those who continue working
because they want to, even though they could afford to retire.'
1. Which of the followings is correct according to the research of Mr
A. About 50% of all employees in America switched into bridge jobs.
B. Only the worst-paid continue to work.
C. More men than women fell into the category of bridge work.
D. Some old people keep working for their motive rather than economic