This paper investigates the overlap between work and labour market status andidentifies those groups at risks of poverty and social exclusion in the labourmarket. A particular attention is devoted to the working poor and precariousworkers. This analysis is undertaken using the Kyrgyz Poverty...

The policy agenda of extending working lives requires a holistic understandingof factors underlying the decision of older workers to withdraw from work andto retire. This brief paper presents employment patterns and trends of olderpeople across EU Member States and identifies policy initiatives...

This paper analyses the economic disadvantage experienced by disabled personsof working-age using data from the British Household Panel Survey. We arguethat there are three sources of disadvantage among disabled persons: preexistingdisadvantage among those who become disabled (a ‘selection’...