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Cultural and ethnic differences in the transitions from work to "eetirement" of rural elders in China's minority regions
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret - 2015
This paper considers the work to "retirement" transitions of the rural elders in China who reside in seven regions with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336959
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The role of coresidency with adult children in the labor force participation decisions of older men and women in China
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Zhang, Dandan - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged - rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337413
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Old‐age employment and hours of work trends : empirical analysis for four European countries
Aliaj, Arjeta; Flawinne, Xavier; Jousten, Alain; … - 2016
For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455515
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Working beyond the normal retirement age in urban China and urban Russia
Gustafsson, Björn; Nivorozhkina, L. I.; Wan, Haiyuan - 2021
, the probability of working after normal retirement age is positively related to living with a spouse only, being healthy … elderly people. We also show that working beyond the normal retirement age has a much stronger negative association with … earnings in urban China than in urban Russia. This is consistent with the facts that the normal retirement age is strictly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517145
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Working beyond the normal retirement age in urban China and urban Russia
Gustafsson, Björn; Nivorozhkina, L. I.; Wan, Haiyuan - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-21
countries, the probability of working after normal retirement age is positively related to living with a spouse only, being … status and the age distribution among elderly people. We also demonstrate that working beyond the normal retirement age has a … that the normal retirement age is strictly enforced in urban China and seniors attempting to work face intensive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591794
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Institutional reforms and an incredible rise in old age employment
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schrader, Rebecca - 2017
We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions. We apply rich administrative data and exploit a difference-in-differences approach. We compare the reference group of 40-44 year olds with constant benefit payout periods to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011644670
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Institutional reforms and an incredible rise in old age employment
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schrader, Rebecca - 2018
We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions. We apply rich administrative data and exploit a difference-in-differences approach. We compare the reference group of 40-44 year olds with constant benefit payout periods to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947714
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Institutional reforms and an incredible rise in old age employment
Riphahn, Regina T.; Schrader, Rebecca - 2018
We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions. We apply rich administrative data and exploit a difference-indifferences approach. We compare the reference group of 40-44 year olds with constant benefit payout periods to older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011929632
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Employment, late-life work, retirement, and well-being in Europe and the United States
Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 5, pp. 1-30
Flexible work arrangements and retirement options provide one solution for the challenges of unemployment and … relationships between well-being and job satisfaction on the one hand and employment status and retirement, on the other, using …. There is no well-being premium for involuntary late-life work and self-employment compared to retirement, however. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011409596
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Old-age employment and hours of work trends: Empirical analysis for four European countries
Aliaj, Arjeta; Flawinne, Xavier; Jousten, Alain; … - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 16, pp. 1-22
For the last two decades, the increase of employment among individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective on the European employment agenda. The present paper focuses on the case of Belgium, France, Germany, and The Netherlands over the period 1997–2011. First, we provide descriptive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011991884