Search Results - subject:"Older workers"

Working time reductions at the end of the career : do they prolong the time spent in employment?

Albanese, Andrea; Cockx, Bart; Thuy, Yannick - 2016

In this paper we study the effects on the survival rate in employment of a scheme that facilitates gradual retirement through working time reductions. We use information on the entire labour market career and other observables to control for selection and take dynamic treatment assignment into...

Job search requirements for older unemployed workers : how do they affect re-employment rates and flows into states of inactivity for older unemployed workers?

Bloemen, Hans G. - 2016

a job. An aging population and low participation by older workers in the labor market increasingly place public finances … under strain, and spur calls for policy measures that activate labor force participation by older workers. Introducing job …

Unemployment among younger and older individuals: does conventional data about unemployment tell us the whole story?

Axelrad, Hila; Malul, Miki; Luski, Israel - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 52 (2018) 3, pp. 1-12

year after being unemployed. The main contribution is demonstrating empirically that since older workers' difficulties are …

Live Longer, Work Longer: The Changing Nature of the Labour Market for Older Workers in OECD Countries

Martin, John P. - 2018

systems unless there is an offsetting increase in employment rates. This is especially true for older workers whose employment … rates are well below those of prime-age adults. In this paper, I examine how the labour market for older workers has evolved … might public policies help overcome them. I also speculate about the future for older workers faced with the challenges and …

Unemployment among younger and older individuals: does conventional data about unemployment tell us the whole story?

Axelrad, Hila; Malul, Miki; Luski, Israel - In: Journal for labour market research 52 (2018) 3, pp. 1-12

year after being unemployed. The main contribution is demonstrating empirically that since older workers’ difficulties are …

Live longer, work longer : the changing nature of the labour market for older workers in OECD countries

Martin, John P. - 2018

The silver economy : final report : a study prepared for the European Commission DG Communications Networks, Content & Technology by

Technopolis Ltd. <Brighton>; Oxford Economics Ltd.; … - 2018

Conceptualizing employees' digital skills as signals delivered to employers

Bokek-Cohen, Ya'arit - In: International journal of organization theory and behavior 21 (2018) 1, pp. 17-27

Labour market effects of job displacement for prime-age and older workers

Deelen, Anja; Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de; Berge, Wiljan van den - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 7 (2018) 3, pp. 1-30

prime-age and older workers using Dutch administrative data for the period 2000–2011. Applying difference … job, which are larger for older workers than for prime-age workers. Within the older-age group, the effects are stronger … for formerly long-tenured workers, for older workers who lost their job in declining sectors in the regional labour market …

The Role of Self-Employment in Ireland's Older Workforce

Nolan, Anne; Barrett, Alan - 2018

A feature of employment at older ages that has been observed in many countries, including Ireland, is the higher share of self-employment among older labour force participants. This pattern of higher self-employment rates at the end of the labour market career may reflect lower rates of...