| Description |
1 online resource (149 pages) |
| Series |
Ageing and employment policies |
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Ageing and employment policies.
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| Contents |
The Challenge Ahead -- Working after 50 -- Work Disincentives and Barriers to Employment -- Removing Work Disincentives and Increasing Choice in Work-Retirement Decisions -- Changing Employer Attitudes and Employment Practices -- Improving Employability -- Concluding Remarks on Policy Implementation |
| Summary |
In an era of rapid population ageing, many employment and social policies, practices and attitudes that discourage work at an older age have passed their sell-by date and need to be overhauled. They not only deny older workers choice about when and how to retire but are costly for business, the economy and society. If nothing is done to promote better employment prospects for older workers, the number of retirees per worker in OECD countries will double over the next five decades. This will threaten living standards and put enormous pressure on the financing of social protection systems. To he |
| Notes |
"This report was prepared by Mark Keese ... with contributions from Donald Hirsch ... and Robert Bednarzik"--Acknowledgements |
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Also published in French under the title: Vivre et travailler plus longtemps |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-146) |
| In |
T SourceOECD |
| Subject |
Age and employment.
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Life expectancy.
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Older people -- Employment.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Keese, Mark.
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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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| ISBN |
9264035877 |
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9789264035874 |
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9789264035881 |
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9264035885 |
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