Pulling up the Early Retirement Anchor in France

Guillemard, Anne-Marie; Jolivet, Annie

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“…As a consequence, there is an entrenched 'early exit culture' in the labour market involving employers, unions, workers, and public authorities (Guillemard 2013). As the major financier of this early exit trend, the state used several 'preretirement' 1 schemes from the end of the 1970s until 2000 (Guillemard & Jolivet 2008). This reliance on the mass early exit of older workers accounts for both the country's difficulties with implementing an active ageing policy and the current lag in terms of the employment rate at older ages in comparison with other European countries.…”

Section: France From a Comparative European Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Efforts to contain the early exit trend were thus countered due to the well-known phenomena of 'instrument substitution' and 'cost-shifting' between welfare programs (Casey 1989). The 'social partners' -representatives from labour unions and employer organisations -who preside over the Unemployment Compensation Fund opened new early exit pathways even as public 'preretirement' programs were being restricted (Guillemard & Jolivet 2008).…”

Section: Closing Early Exit Pathwaysmentioning

confidence: 99%

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France: working longer takes time, in spite of reforms to raise the retirement age

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2016

Aust J Social Issues

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Examination of the French situation from a comparative European perspective exposes the country's poor performance with regard to the employment of seniors and the prolongation of working life. Despite a recent rise in the employment rate of 55-59 year-olds, worrisome signs have appeared, such as the steep rise in unemployment for this age category; this is indicative of the increasing vulnerability of ageing workers in the labour market. This critical analysis of twenty years of French public policies related to older workers seeks to identify the reasons for France's lag in making working life longer. The principal reason seems to be that public policies have nearly exclusively focused on increasing the supply of senior labour without adequately taking into account incentives for stimulating corporate demand for it. The many pension reforms undertaken from 2003 to 2014 have sought to lift the institutional obstacles to working longer. Accordingly, they have raised both the legal retirement age and the requisite number of quarters of contributions for entitlement to a full pension under Social Security. But effective, active labour market policies for stimulating the demand for senior labour have been lacking.

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Section: France From a Comparative European Perspectivementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Closing Early Exit Pathwaysmentioning

confidence: 99%