Empirische Untersuchungen zeigen, dass Weiterbildung in der zweiten Lebenshälfte zu Einkommensvorteilen für Arbeitnehmer gegenüber Personen ohne Weiterbildungsteilnahme führen kann. Auch vergleichsweise lange Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen lohnen sich noch in der zweiten Lebenshälfte,...

pt. I. Setting the stage -- pt. II. Understanding the larger context -- pt. III. Understanding the needs of younger employees -- pt. IV. Understanding the needs of older employees -- pt. V. Creating the age-friendly workplace.

This insightful study provides an overview of the changing employment context in industrialized nations, the risks associated with population ageing and how these are being tackled. Prolonging working lives is high on the agenda of policy makers in most of the world's major industrialized...

People today are living longer than ever before, while birth rates are dropping in the majority of OECD countries. In such demographics, public social expenditures require to be adequate and sustainable in the long term. Older workers play a crucial role in the labour market. Now that legal...

Given the ageing challenges, there is an increasing pressure in OECD countries to further boost the employability of the working-age population over the coming decades. This report provides an overview of policy iniatives implemented over the past decade in the Netherlands and identifies areas...

People today are living longer than ever before, while birth rates are dropping in the majority of OECD countries. Such demographics raise the question: are current public social expenditures adequate and sustainable? Older workers play a crucial role in the labour market. Now that legal...

Currently, Japan has the highest old-age dependency ratio of all OECD countries, with a ratio in 2017 of over 50 persons aged 65 and above for every 100 persons aged 20 to 64. This ratio is projected to rise to 79 per hundred in 2050. The rapid population ageing in Japan is a major challenge for...