Within the political and academic debate on working longer, post-retirement employment is discussed as an alternative to maintain older workers in the labor market. Our article enhances this discussion by studying determinants of transitions into post-retirement jobs within differing work environments of birth cohorts 1940-1942. We estimate proportional subhazard models accounting for competing risks using unique German social security data linked to pension accounts. Our findings suggest that individuals' preferences to take up post-retirement jobs are not mutually exclusive. Our study provides evidence that taking up post-retirement jobs is related to seeking financial security, continuity, and work ability, suggesting that public policy has to develop target-oriented support through a public policy mix of different measures aligned to the different peer groups in the labor market.
The combination of the influencing parameters on working beyond retirement permits the conclusion that persons who face the risk of old-age poverty are more likely to work when they are retired.
We investigate the regional disparities in high-skilled foreign employment in Germany. The importance of different factors that influence highly qualified migrants' decision to migrate to specific regions and especially the role of labour migration policy is analysed. Our results show that labour market variables and the supply of tertiary education are important for the location choice. Based on these empirical results, we discuss options of decentralised labour migration policy in Germany.Résumé Nous nous penchons sur les disparités régionales dans les emplois étrangers à niveau élevé de compétences en Allemagne. Nous analysons, d'une part, l'importance de divers facteurs qui influencent la décision des immigrants hautement spécialisés de migrer vers des régions spécifiques et, d'autre part, la politique relative à la migration de travail. Nos résultats indiquent que le choix de lieu est fortement influencé par les variables du marché du travail et par la disponibilité de l'enseignement de troisième niveau. En nous appuyant sur ces résultats, nous discutons les possibilités d'une politique décentralisée en matière de migration de travail en Allemagne.
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