Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of comprehensive education as compared with vocational training by using Swedish data on a large sample of unemployed individuals aged 25 to 55. Design/methodology/approach – The Adult Education Initiative (AEI) in Sweden was...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the effects of comprehensive education as compared with vocational training by using Swedish data on a large sample of unemployed individuals aged 25 to 55. Design/methodology/approach – The Adult Education Initiative (AEI) in Sweden was...

In January 1986 employment training for adults in Sweden was reorganised, when all the vocational training centres were grouped into a fully autonomous government institution aimed at more flexibility in meeting labour market needs, the optimal use of resources and extensive decentralisation....

Purpose – This paper aims to build on existing studies on the relationship between individual wages, age and experience, and provide new evidence on the determinants of wages in Italy. Design/methodology/approach – Wage-age profiles, which include cohort variables to capture generational...

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the relationship between the age of employees and employers on the one hand and establishment closure probability on the other. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on large-scale longitudinal Danish register data. Past employer and...

Purpose – The goal of the paper is to investigate how reservation wages of older unemployed welfare recipients change once they are no longer subject to standard job search requirements. Design/methodology/approach – The authors apply a regression discontinuity design. Findings –...

Purpose – The paper aims to investigate the relationship between the age of employees and employers on the one hand and establishment closure probability on the other. Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based on large-scale longitudinal Danish register data. Past employer and...

Purpose – The goal of the paper is to investigate how reservation wages of older unemployed welfare recipients change once they are no longer subject to standard job search requirements. Design/methodology/approach – The authors apply a regression discontinuity design. Findings –...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to review good practice examples which promote recruitment and retention of older workers and/or the employability of workers as they age and to examine pathways of practice. Design/methodology/approach – Analysis of qualitative data, drawing on a...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the main evolutions and the current situation of the 50-74 year olds on the labour market in eight European countries (Denmark France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, Poland and the UK). Design/methodology/approach – Based on a...