Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than … market policy and social benefits. It can be shown that the institutional framework currently in place in Germany is … inconsistent. Further reforms are needed to create better employment opportunities for older workers. This implies the abolishment …

Die Beschäftigung älterer Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland hat in den letzten Jahren merklich zugenommen. Die Studie … sozialpolitischen Reformen der letzten Jahre dabei gespielt haben. Dabei steht zunächst die aktive und passive Arbeitsmarktpolitik im … Faktor für den Erhalt der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit im Lebensverlauf, ist jedoch strukturell in Deutschland nach wie vor …

Public Employment Service should continue. On the labour demand side, there remains scope to raise the efficiency of Germany … respects in order to raise the economy’s capacity to generate employment. The present tax and transfer system still implies …'s employment protection system. Also, provisions should be made to allow for a higher degree of wage flexibility across …

increase in the working horizon on (un)employment behaviour for individuals with a long remaining statutory working life. Using … probability of employment, decreases the probability of unemployment, and increases the intensity of job search among the … unemployed. Heterogeneity analyses show that the demonstrated employment effects are strongest for women and in occupations with …

, their recent reforms and - where already possible - effects of these reforms. Overall, Germany seems to be on the right …

, their recent reforms and – where already possible – effects of these reforms. Overall, Germany seems to be on the right …

percentage points among affected women. The decline in retirement was accompanied by a sizeable increase in employment of 7 …

increasing the employment rate of older workers. The main policies of the ISP consist in a pension bonus, reductions in employers … of the career. We aim at evaluating the overall effectiveness of the ISP in rising the employment rate of older workers …. To that purpose, we compare the actual evolution of the employment rate after the implementation of the policies to its …

normal retirement age in Germany did not prolong employment of older men. The reason for this surprising result is that … retirement option for the long-term insured. Bridge options allowed employers to terminate employment considerably earlier than … of the bridge options. Therefore mainly employers with high employment adaption costs induced employees to use a bridge …