Working conditions have greatly evolved in recent decades in developed countries. This evolution has been accompanied with the appearance of new forms of work organisation that may be sources of stress and health risk for older workers. As populations are ageing, these issues are particularly...

This study empirically investigates the impact of core labour standards on income inequality for a range of 90 countries from 1990 to 2000. We focus on the four core labour standards (prohibition of child labour, freedom of association and collective bargaining, prohibition of discrimination,...

European countries with high senior employment rates have the highest levels of job satisfaction despite an older and more physically limited workforce. In this paper, we argue that this paradox can be explained by heterogeneous levels of job quality: better working conditions may enable older...