Population ageing and the labour force: 2000–2015 and 2015–2030

Temple, Jeromey; McDonald, Peter

doi:10.1111/ajag.12488

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“…Although qualitatively different, the high prevalence of racial discrimination faced in this context also mirrors the considerable prevalence of age-based discrimination experienced by older non-Indigenous Australians in the workforce (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2015; O’Loughlin et al, 2017). With population aging placing increasing demands on the Australian labour market, eliminating discriminatory practices that impact on the mature age labour force participation of Aboriginal and non-Indigenous Australians is critical (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2015; Temple & McDonald, 2017).…”

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Experiences of Racism among Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Prevalence, Sources, and Association with Mental Health

2019

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RÉSUMÉCet article présente une analyse inédite de l’association entre la discrimination raciale et la détresse psychologique chez les personnes âgées indigènes et insulaires du détroit de Torres. Les résultats indiquent : (1) qu’une minorité importante d’aînés appartenant aux populations indigènes et insulaires du détroit de Torres ont été victimes de racisme (tel qu’expérimenté et mesuré en fonction d’inégalités de traitement) et d’évitement ; (2) qu’une association entre les expériences de racisme ou d’évitement et la détresse psychologique peut être mise en évidence, et que cette relation demeure robuste malgré la considération d’une variété de facteurs confondants et de caractéristiques complexes associées à la conception des enquêtes ; et (3) les associations entre le racisme et la détresse sont amplifiées en fonction de l’intensité du racisme et des comportements d’évitement. L’association reste robuste ou se trouve renforcée lorsque le racisme et l’évitement se produisent dans le cadre de contextes cruciaux au développement du capital humain des personnes âgées (p. ex. soins de santé, éducation, milieu de travail). Nos résultats soulignent l’importance des programmes et des services sociaux et de santé culturellement sécuritaires, ainsi que la nécessité de contrer la discrimination sous toutes ses formes.

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2019

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“…Much of this increase is cohort driven, associated with cultural changes related to gender roles and the higher levels of educational attainment. The far higher male rate increased at a lower rate, from 46% in 2000 to 64% in 2015 (Temple and McDonald 2017). Yet there is a dichotomy between labour force participation increases at pre pension ages and the pension threshold beyond 65.…”

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Brooke

2020

Extended Working Life Policies

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Although Australian women's labour force participation has increased sharply since the turn of the century, there is a dichotomy between their participation at the pre pension threshold of 65 and after. Women's gender segregation in low waged occupations is institutionalised through the neoliberal policy of individual enterprise agreements, reinforcing gender wage gaps. In combination, the gendered health effects of caregiving, disrupted careers and the experience of precarity shorten working lives, limiting wages and retirement incomes, ultimately impacting on women's economic status and class. Some gender responsive initiatives through the courts have been instituted supporting flexibility requests to employers applied to workers over 50 and employment entitlements by workers employed as casuals. Yet the lack of proactive 'joined up' gender and age policies across multidimensional domains enables the contradiction between public policies of women's extending working lives and reality to persist.

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“…In 1985, Australians over 54 held 9% of full-time jobs; in 2015 they held 17% (Gahan et al., 2017). The cohort effects in rising education, expectations of standard of living in retirement and the changing characteristics of employment seen internationally also apply in Australia (McDonald and Kippen, 2001; Temple and McDonald, 2017).…”

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Cross-spousal influences on mature-aged Australians’ transitions in and out of employment 2001–2017

Craig

Churchill

2020

Journal of Industrial Relations

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This article uses data from the longitudinal Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey to examine cross-spousal influences on workforce transitions by men ( n = 4667) and women ( n = 5051) aged 50–69. We assess how gender patterns in employment (full- and part-time work) and non-employment activity (unemployment, non-employment and homemaking) changed among this age group over the period 2001–2017, which included the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008. Notwithstanding that more men than women were in full-time work, and more women than men were employed part time or were homemakers, over the period there was an overall rise in employment for both genders, which following the GFC continued most strongly for women. Random effects logistic regression on partnered men and women showed that prior to the GFC one spouse transitioning out of the labour market was associated with significantly higher odds of the other spouse also doing so. This implies coordination, for example spouses retiring together. In contrast, following the GFC, one spouse leaving paid employment was associated with higher odds of the other taking up work or increasing their hours, suggesting that the economic slowdown encouraged an added worker effect in those households, with one spouse compensating for the job loss of the other. The finding was apparent for both men and women.

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Population ageing and the labour force: 2000–2015 and 2015–2030

Abstract: To benefit from increased mature age labour force participation, the barriers to mature age participation must be addressed.

Cited by 16 publications

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Experiences of Racism among Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Prevalence, Sources, and Association with Mental Health

Experiences of Racism among Older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People: Prevalence, Sources, and Association with Mental Health

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Cross-spousal influences on mature-aged Australians’ transitions in and out of employment 2001–2017

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