This paper discusses population aging, increased participation of seniors in the labor force in the United States (and reasons for this), and how these trends are making the struggles of older workers in the labor market increasingly relevant. Evidence examining whether age discrimination is a...

Dieses Buch behandelt die Frage, wie mit Blick auf die Veränderungen des Arbeitsmarktes die Erwerbstätigkeit von Frauen und Älteren erleichtert werden kann. Die demographische Entwicklung führt dazu, daß das durchschnittliche Alter der Arbeitskräfte steigt und sich das...

Given rising life expectations around the world, it seems that old-age pension benefits will need to be cut and pension contributions boosted in many nations. Yet our research on old-age system reforms does not require raising mandatory retirement ages or contributions. Instead, we offer ways to...

Estimates of the effect of health on employment differ significantly from study to study due to differences in method, data, institutional background and health measure. We assess the importance of these differences using a unified framework to interpret and contrast estimates of the impact of...

Addressing population ageing requires a rise in the activity rates of older workers. In this study, a field experiment for the period 2013-2015 in the UK, suggests that age discrimination persists at alarming levels. It shows that when two applicants engage in an identical job search, the older...

We present quasi-experimental evidence on the employment effects of an unprecedented large increase in the early retirement age (ERA). Raising the ERA has the potential to extend contribution periods and to reduce the number of pension beneficiaries at the same time, if employment exits are...

"Die Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland konnte in den letzten 10 Jahren zwar deutlich abgebaut werden. Dennoch stellen die Ziele der Arbeitsförderung weiterhin hohe Anforderungen an Politik und Arbeitsverwaltung. Neben den Vermittlungsaktivitäten nimmt die aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik dabei einen...

This paper examines the long-term effects of extended unemployment benefits that older unemployed can collect until retirement in Finland. We consider a reform that increased the age threshold of this scheme from 55 to 57 for people born in 1950 or later. Our regression discontinuity estimates...

Although the labour market situation of older workers has significantly improved over time, opportunities to work at older age still vary considerably across EU countries. To trace diverging developments and to assess what works best in retaining employment and bringing older unemployed back to...

This paper studies the background to the increase in labor force participation of older workers in Sweden since 2000. In the first part, we study how the characteristics of the elderly have changed with respect to health, education level and work environment, as well as the impact of joint...

We present quasi-experimental evidence on the employment effects of an unprecedented large increase in the early retirement age (ERA). Raising the ERA has the potential to extend contribution periods and to reduce the number of pension beneficiaries at the same time, if employment exits are...