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Belgium. This paper examines skills policies that could help improve productivity and inclusiveness. An increased focus on … labour productivity, but is disrupting the nature of employment relationships. It calls for measures that encourage …
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A decomposition of changes to participation rates of 55-to-74 year-olds between 2002 and 2017 based on an estimated equation attributes more than two thirds of the median increase (of 10.9 percentage points) to rising life expectancy and educational attainment. About 1 percentage point is...
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depend on ensuring the best use of Slovenian workers. This implies keeping older and experience workers longer in employment …
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market outcomes. There has been no progress in shrinking the gender employment gap since 2009, and women, particularly … the age of eligibility for public pensions to life expectancy would boost growth by increasing employment of older … labour market spending have the potential to increase employment. …
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Many OECD governments have enacted, or are contemplating, future increases in statutory pension ages, sometimes provoking vociferous political opposition. Empirical cross-country estimation work consistently finds that coefficients on statutory pension ages are positive and highly statistically...
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and the era of 100-year lives. A shift to more flexible employment and wage systems based on performance rather than age … discourage the employment of women, namely the lack of work-life balance and shortages of high quality and affordable childcare … foreign workers in Japan. Breaking down labour market dualism is crucial to expand employment opportunities for women and …
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the rise in life expectancy would reduce pension costs and increase older workers’ employment, provided it is accompanied …
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between education institutions and employment, iii) providing training opportunities during working life, and iv) making …
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Belgium has a good record in delivering accessible care, but adaptation to population ageing will be complicated by the … organise their care. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Survey of Belgium (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/belgium). …
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