The paper analyses the participation of Brazilian elderly in the labour market from 1977 to 1998. This analysis is different from traditional labour market analysis as the main focus is not with the pressure that elderly can put on the labour market. The objective is to look at their...

The European Employment Strategy has set the goal of raising the retirement age of workers in the EU through a strategy of "active ageing". Yet despite some progress over the last decade, empirical data show persistent diversity across EU member states. Institutional arrangements of social and...