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cohorts. It would appear that employment at older ages could stagnate or even decrease. But several other factors will be …
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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 …
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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...
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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...
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measures concur with changes in employment rates among older workers.Institutional subscribers to the NBER working paper series …
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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...
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occupation. Because the probability of re-employment, conditional on unemployment, appears to have declined with age, the …
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-intensive production, a shorter workday, lower intensity of work, greater job flexibility, and more formalized employment relationship …-market status of older workers. On one hand, technical and organizational modifications improved the elderly workers' employment … prospect by raising labor productivity, diminishing hours of work, and formalizing employment relations. On the other hand …
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This study examined the factors that affect the retirement decisions of the middle-aged and elderly in Japan, focusing especially on their earnings, public pension benefits, and health status. Using two-year panel data from the JSTAR and applying the OV model proposed by Stock and Wise (1990a,...
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discrimination laws – raising the cost of employment because of the need to accommodate disabled workers. Moreover, disability …
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