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Job Insecurity, Employability, and Health: An Analysis for Germany across Generations
Otterbach, Steffen; Sousa-Poza, Alfonso - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
, employability and health-related well-being. Our results indicate that being unemployed has a strong negative effect on life … employability. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959821
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The Transition from Work to Retirement
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The European Employment Strategy has set the goal of raising the retirement age of workers in the EU through a strategy of "active ageing". Yet despite some progress over the last decade, empirical data show persistent diversity across EU member states. Institutional arrangements of social and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839264
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Beschäftigung Älterer in Deutschland: Der unvollständige Paradigmenwechsel
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Die Arbeitsmarktintegration älterer Erwerbspersonen ist in Deutschland nach wie vor unbefriedigend. Die vorliegende …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761847
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How Does Temporary Agency Work Impact German Agency Workers?
Spermann, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
satisfaction, commitment, health, employability, social participation and effects on personal life for agency workers. It is … enriched by practical experience gathered at Randstad, Germany’s leading staffing firm, and also provides a summary of recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884386
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Too Old to Work, Too Young to Retire?
Ichino, Andrea; Schwerdt, Guido; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We use firm closure data from social security records for Austria 1978-1998 to investigate the effect of age on employment prospects. We rely on exact matching to compare workers displaced due to firm closure with similar non-displaced workers. We then use a differencein- difference strategy to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763786
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"Employability-Miles" and Worker Employability Awareness
Gerards, Ruud; de Grip, Andries; Witlox, Maaike - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This article studies the use and impact of a firm-sponsored training ("Employability-miles") voucher scheme that aims … to stimulate employees to develop a more active attitude toward their own employability. Using data from two surveys of …, we find that voucher use positively affects worker employability awareness and willingness to train. Remarkably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764599
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How to Combine the Entry of Young People in the Labour Market with the Retention of Older Workers?
Eichhorst, Werner; Boeri, Tito; De Coen, An; Galasso, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both groups. The evidence collected shows that there is no...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960106
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Permanent Wage Cost Subsidies for Older Workers: An Effective Tool for Increasing Working Time and Postponing Early Retirement?
Albanese, Andrea; Cockx, Bart - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
In several OECD countries age-targeted wage subsidies have been introduced to increase the employment of older workers, but evidence on their effectiveness is scarce. This paper examines the effects of a permanent wage cost subsidy in Belgium on the employment rate, working time and hourly wage....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265286
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Hours of Work and Retirement Behavior
Machado, C. Sofia; Portela, Miguel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Using a novel dataset from the 2006 Portuguese Labor Force Survey this paper examines the impact of a voluntary reduction in hours of work, before retirement, on the moment of exit from the labor force. If, as often suggested, flexibility in hours of work is a useful measure to postpone...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009416927
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The Impact of a Phased Retirement Program: A Case Study
Lachowska, Marta; Sundén, Annika; Wadensjö, Eskil - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Phased retirement has been discussed as a means for increasing labour supply for people of older active age. The idea is that instead of leaving a full-time job early for full-time retirement, an employee should reduce the working time either in the same job or by changing jobs, and stay on in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005039643