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| Upskilling older workers | | Author(s) | Ken Mayhew, Matt Elliott, Bob Rijkers |
| Journal title | Ageing Horizons, 2008, no 8, 2008 |
| Publisher | Oxford Institute of Ageing, Oxford, 2008 |
| Pages | pp 13-21 |
| Source | Download only from: http:/www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/ageinghorizons |
| Keywords | Adult Education ; Training [elderly workers] ; Employment of older people. |
| Annotation | Governments across much of the developed world are concerned to increase activity rates and employment among older workers and more generally to improve their position in labour markets. The use of education and training is prominent among the various policies that have been advocated for this purpose, and this paper evaluates the role that such provision might play. Training is intended to increase the human capital of its recipients by enhancing their knowledge and skills. However, if that training is to improve the labour market position of those individuals,the extra human capital must be economically productive and, as with any government intervention, the policy benefits must be evaluated against the costs and with alternative policy options in mind. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080702202 A |
| Classmark | GP: GF: GC |
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