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Policy changes and the labour force participation of older workers
— evidence from six countries | | Author(s) | Martin Cooke |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 25, no 4, Winter 2006 |
| Pages | pp 387-400 |
| Source | http://www.utpjournals.com |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Labour economics ; Attitude ; Social policy ; Comparison ; Canada ; Australia ; Germany ; Netherlands ; United Kingdom ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In response to the anticipated pressures of population ageing, national governments and supranational bodies such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union (EU) have promoted policies to encourage older workers' participation in the labour force. The recent elimination of mandatory retirement in Ontario is an example of such a policy. Others include changes to national pension systems, and changes to disability and employment insurance programmes, active labour market policies, and the promotion of phased or gradual retirement. This paper reviews the different policy approaches taken in the six countries included in the Workforce Aging in the New Economy (WANE) project, placing Canadian policy approaches in relation to those taken in Australia, Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and the US. From the life course perspective, the policy approaches discussed here do not consider the heterogeneity of older workers's life courses or the related domains of health and family. As well, the changes made thus far do not appear likely to lead to increased labour force participation by older workers, and some may leave older workers at greater risk of low income and low wage work. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070508217 A |
| Classmark | GC: WH: DP: TM2: 48: 7S: 7YA: 767: 76H: 8: 7T |
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