Population ageing in a globalizing labour market: implications for older workers

Taylor, Philip; Jorgensen, Brad; Watson, Erin

doi:10.1080/17525098.2010.492651

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“…The focus of policy-makers is converging on healthy and active aging, with the aim of increasing the economic contribution of older people in order to help the transition of developed and developing nations to a "silver economy" status or "golden age" [8,26,34,51]. Active aging was put into EU strategy in 2012 [52] by setting its coordinates, together with specific policies for all MS, in an effort to increase opportunities for older people to continue to work and contribute to society in other ways and stay healthy for longer.…”

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The Impact of Population Aging and Public Health Support on EU Labor Markets

Cristea

Noja

Ștefea

et al. 2020

IJERPH

160

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Population aging and public health expenditure mainly dedicated to older dependent persons present major challenges for the European Union (EU) Member States, with profound implications for their economies and labor markets. Sustainable economic development relies on a well-balanced workforce of young and older people. As this balance shifts in favor of older people, productivity tends to suffer, on the one hand, and the older group demands more from health services, on the other hand. These requisites tend to manifest differently within developed and developing EU countries. This research aimed to assess population aging impacts on labor market coordinates (employment rate, labor productivity), in the framework of several health dimensions (namely, health government expenditure, hospital services, healthy life years, perceived health) and other economic and social factors. The analytical approach consisted of applying structural equation models, Gaussian graphical models, and macroeconometric models (robust regression and panel corrected standard errors) to EU panel data for the years 1995–2017. The results show significant dissimilarities between developed and developing EU countries, suggesting the need for specific policies and strategies for the labor market integration of older people, jointly with public health expenditure, with implications for EU labor market performance.

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Section: Policies and Strategiesmentioning

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The Impact of Population Aging and Public Health Support on EU Labor Markets

Cristea

Noja

Ștefea

et al. 2020

IJERPH

160

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“…Second, there is a decline in the labour force participation rate of older workers, which is coupled with the retirement of skilled workers (Australian Human Rights Commission [AHRC], 2009). This trend is claimed to be due to the rapid social, economic, and cultural changes that have occurred over the last century (Taylor, Jorgensen, & Watson, 2010). So, while there are increasing numbers of older people living and working longer in those countries, there are still not enough people in the upper age bracket participating in paid employment to offset the economic imbalance brought about by these demographic trends (Deloitte Access Economics, 2012).…”

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“…A primary strategy to offset the impacts of those demographic challenges has been to increase the labour force participation rate of older adults (van Loo, 2011;van Nimwegen & van der Erf, 2010). However, while that strategy is high on the policy agendas of most European countries (Cedefop, 2013), according to statistical data, in some countries the participation rate of this group of workers has been declining (Taylor et al, 2010;van Nimwegen & van der Erf, 2010). This trend is often a combination of the attitudes and practices of employers (Billett, Dymock, Johnson, & Martin, 2011;van Loo, 2011) and the skills obsolescence of employees (Mayhew, Elliott, & Rijkers, 2008).…”

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Disadvantaged older jobseekers and the concept of bounded agency

Meyers

2016

International Journal of Lifelong Education

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This article uses the concept of bounded agency to interpret the findings of a study that explored the training and job-seeking activities of a group of older adults. A qualitative, phenomenological approach was used to obtain personal and nuanced accounts of their experiences. A series of semi-structured interviews was conducted with eight adults aged 55 and older, who were low-skilled and unemployed. The findings identified that a range of interrelated barriers constrained their agency in those activities in two key areas. First, there was a disparity between their learning needs and preferences, and the delivery modes in their training programmes. Second, legacies from their personal histories contributed significantly to constraints in their current activities. The bounded agency concept explicated this range of barriers, as it incorporated institutional, societal and personal factors within the agency of individuals. A model of bounded agency was developed, that showed legacies from an individual's personal history can lie at the base of their disadvantaged state, and that provisions in their training programmes can address those legacies. The article concludes by suggesting that this model could form the basis of further research with other jobseekers from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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Including older academics in the English university: a matter of social justice

George

Maguire

2020

International Journal of Inclusive Education

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Population ageing in a globalizing labour market: implications for older workers

Cited by 4 publications

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The Impact of Population Aging and Public Health Support on EU Labor Markets

The Impact of Population Aging and Public Health Support on EU Labor Markets

Disadvantaged older jobseekers and the concept of bounded agency

Including older academics in the English university: a matter of social justice

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