Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than … inconsistent. Further reforms are needed to create better employment opportunities for older workers. This implies the abolishment …

The European Employment Strategy has set the goal of raising the retirement age of workers in the EU through a strategy …

transitions among labor force states defined by the employment status of both spouses. The analysis indicates that the probability … of one spouse exiting employment is much larger if the other spouse is not employed than if the other spouse is employed …. Similarly, one member of a couple is much more likely to enter employment if the spouse is employed than if the spouse is not …

of health shocks on employment and economic wellbeing of older workers. A health shock trebles the probability of leaving …

In the demographic change, a prolongation of individual employment and thus of beginning a new employment in later …

transitions into re-employment and retirement. The findings suggest that in countries with institutional provisions for older … unemployed which offer a pathway to early retirement such as, Germany and Spain, older displaced workers exhibit lower re-employment …