Globalisation and the ageing of the work force represent a dual challenge for enterprises. The first exerts pressure on production costs in order to stay competitive, the second raises production costs as the productivity of workers tends to decline after a certain age, particularly for...

Ausgehend davon, dass die Auswirkungen des demografischen Wandels auf die Arbeitswelt einer Lösung bedürfen, werden die Teilhaberechte der betrieblichen Interessenvertretung zur Förderung älterer Arbeitnehmer im Betrieb dargestellt.Das Gutachten folgt keiner juristischen Lehrbuchlogik,...

Die demografische Entwicklung, charakterisiert durch sinkende Geburtenzahlen und eine zunehmende Lebenserwartung, führt dazu, dass die Bevölkerung Deutschlands im Durchschnitt immer älter wird und schrumpft. Diese Entwicklung hat nicht nur weit reichende Folgen für alle politischen,...

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...

Since the prevalence of many chronic health conditions increases with age we might anticipate that as the population ages the proportion with one or more such conditions would rise, as would the cost of treatment. We ask three questions: How much would the overall prevalence of chronic...

This study considers active ageing policies in labour market in ten European countries. The study aims to identify changes to European labour markets in the past 15 years and assess what these changes mean for active ageing policy agendas (i.e. identify barriers and opportunities). In Active...

This paper analyzes computer use by older male employees and estimates the impact of computer use on their employment status, based on individual data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) for the years 1997 and 2001. In line with previous research on the diffusion of new technologies, a...