This paper provides a synthesis of age-related developments and policies for a range of OECD countries, drawing on recent OECD work. It describes the expected impact of ageing on expenditure and fiscal pressures taking into account the current configuration of age-related policies. Since later...

Ageing involves not one but several transitions. People move from working to not working, from relying upon labour income to relying on transfers. They also tend to live in smaller households, not only because any children will have moved away but also because, at some stage, a spouse dies....

This paper examines British Labor Force Survey data on self-employed workers, temporary workers, older workers/early retirees, and the long-term unemployed. It shows how a considerable number of temporary workers are also self-employed, many older workers have temporary jobs, and many of the...

"In den vergangenen Jahren haben mehrere Regierungen Initiativen zur Ausweitung von Teilzeitarbeit ergriffen. Einige versuchten die Arbeitgeber zur Schaffung von mehr Teilzeitarbeitsplätzen zu veranlassen, indem sie entweder monetäre Anreize gaben (fünf deutsche Bundesländer,...

"Die Schwierigkeiten einer zunehmenden Zahl von Jugendlichen, nach abgeschlossener Lehre eine angemessene Beschäftigung zu erhalten, sind ein Phänomen neueren Datums, das in der Öffentlichkeit starke Beachtung findet. Um Entlassungen zu vermeiden, haben sich bereits mehrere Großunternehmen...