In zahlreichen Studien wurde bisher gezeigt, dass insbesondere zwei Gruppen von Personen stark von Arbeitslosigkeit betroffen sind: Geringqualifizierte und Ältere. Dieser Beitrag analysiert zunächst die Qualifikations- und Altersstruktur der Erwerbspersonen im Jahr 2005 in Sachsen, Ost- und...

Die ostdeutschen Länder weisen nach wie vor vergleichsweise hohe Personalbestände im öffentlichen Bereich auf. Da aber in der Vergangenheit auf Neueinstellungen vielfach verzichtet wurde, wird die kollektive Alterung zahlreicher Belegschaften in den öffentlichen Einrichtungen zur Folge...

This paper investigates empirical evidence on the linkage between entrepreneurial aging of the workforce and firm growth. More precisely, it aims to analyse the impact of aging on employment growth in the context of extreme growth events. Basically, the study is conducted to capture the overall...

This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement and social welfare. The trade-off of optimal UI between consumption smoothing and moral hazard requires accounting for the entire early retirement system, which often includes...

Two pension reforms in Austria increased the early retirement age from 60 to 62 for men and from 55 to 58.25 for women. The reforms reduced early retirement by 18.9 percentage points among affected men aged 60-62 and by 22.3 percentage points among affected women aged 55-58.25. The associated...

This paper studies the way in which labor market fluctuations affect the transition to early retirement among older employees in Sweden via the practice of negotiated pensions. The results indicate that downturns (upturns) in aggregated industry employment increases (decreases) the probability...

This paper studies a program that extends the maximum duration of unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to 209 weeks. Interestingly, this program is targeted to individuals aged 50 years or older, living in certain eligible regions in Austria. In the evaluation, I use sharp discontinuities in...

Improvement of the labor market situation for the elderly is a declared target in the EU. In this study we derive a model of occupational age structure, its determinants and their impact on employment and re-employment opportunities for older workers. The empirical analysis is based on data from...