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Older Men's Labor Force Participation in Belgium
Jousten, Alain - 2018
The paper studies the labor market participation of older workers in Belgium over the last 3 decades. It outlines the … changes to the institutional framework of relevance for labor market participation and employment. Drawing on data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012917597
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Old-Age Labor Force Participation in Germany : What Explains the Trend Reversal Among Older Men? And What the Steady Increase Among Women?
Börsch-Supan, Axel H. - 2017
The aim of this paper is to illustrate for Germany the factors that may explain the U-shaped pattern of older men's labor force participation - from a long declining trend that began in the early 1970s to an increasing trend starting from the late 1990s - and at the same time the steady increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012942716
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The Labor Force Participation of Older Americans in 1900 : Further Results
Margo, Robert A. - 2010
occupation. Because the probability of re-employment, conditional on unemployment, appears to have declined with age, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760013
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The Labor Force Participation of Older Men in Canada
Milligan, Kevin S. - 2018
We explore recent trends in the labour force participation rates of men aged 55-69 in Canada. Following steady declines in participation until the mid-1990s, the participation rates of older men have increased substantially and have reached historically high rates among those aged 65-69. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012913778
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The Effect of Medical Marijuana Laws on the Health and Labor Supply of Older Adults : Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study
Nicholas, Lauren Hersch - 2016
Older adults have the highest rates of many health conditions for which medical marijuana may be effective in moderating symptoms and are at elevated risk of reducing labor supply due to poor health. Surprisingly little is known about how this group responds to medical marijuana laws. We provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982033
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Work Capacity and Longer Working Lives in Belgium
Jousten, Alain - 2016
We explore the link between health indicators and employment rates of the population aged 55 or more. Our focus lies on … work capacity as a key determinant of employment. Using cohort mortality information as a proxy for overall health outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012999446
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Understanding Trends in Alternative Work Arrangements in the United States
Katz, Lawrence F. - 2019
measures of self-employment and 1099 workers from administrative tax data. We also present evidence from Amazon Mechanical Turk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012895487
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Social Security and Retirement Around the World : Historical Trends in Mortality and Health, Employment, and Disability Insurance Participation and Reforms - Introduction and Summa...
Milligan, Kevin S. - 2011
the labor force participation of younger persons in twelve countries. We found no evidence that increasing the employment … of older persons will reduce the employment opportunities of youth and no evidence that increasing the employment of … employment circumstances of older workers. We find that these "exogenous" reforms can have a very large effect on the labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130978
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Disability Insurance, Population Health and Employment in Sweden
Laun, Lisa - 2011
This paper describes the development of population health and disability insurance utilization for older workers in Sweden and analyzes the relation between the two. We use three different measures of population health: (1) the mortality rate (measured between 1950 and 2009); (2) the prevalence...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125163
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Disability Pension Program and Labor Force Participation in Japan : A Historical Perspective
Oshio, Takashi - 2011
This paper utilizes historical information to explore the relationship between labor force participation of middle aged and old people and the disability program in Japan. In particular, we explore the time series dimension to identify what has determined the trend in disability program...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013125166