We analyse the role of training in mitigating the negative impact of technical and organizational changes on the employment prospects of older workers. Using a panel of French firms in the late 1990s, we first estimate wage bill share equations for different age groups. Consistently with what is...

The French pattern of early transitions out of employment is basically explained by the low age at "normal" retirement and by the importance of transitions through unemployment insurance and early-retirement schemes before access to normal retirement. These routes have exempted French workers...

Nous analysons dans quelle mesure la formation peut atténuer les effets défavorables, pour l’emploi des seniors, des changements technologiques et organisationnels. À partir d’un panel d’entreprises françaises suivies sur la seconde moitié des années 1990, nous confirmons le...