Working longer in European countries: underestimated and unexpected effects

Anxo, Dominique; Ericson, Thomas; Jolivet, Annie

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“…A concomitant increase in older individuals' participation in the labour force is also expected in that projection; workers who are 55 years of age or above are expected to compose 25% of the US workforce by the year 2020. A similar trend is observed in the United Kingdom (Taylor & Urwin, ) and in other European countries as well (Anxo & Ericson, ). Not surprisingly, then, many age‐related human resource issues have become increasingly important research questions.…”

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A meta‐analysis of the relationships of age and tenure with innovation‐related behaviour

Feldman

2013

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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One particularly persistent and prevalent negative age stereotype is that older workers are less innovative and more resistant to change. Because older workers are also more likely to have longer organizational tenure, negative age stereotypes contribute to the perception that long‐tenured workers are less innovative and more resistant to change, too. Guided by human capital theory, this study argues that the capacity to contribute to innovation‐related behaviours (IRB) might actually grow with age and tenure, counteracting the presumed age‐related declines in this type of job performance. Using a meta‐analysis that included 98 empirical studies, the present research examines the relationships of age and organizational tenure with the generation, dissemination, and implementation of new ideas. Overall, the pattern of results in the study suggests that older workers and longer‐tenured workers do not engage in less innovation‐related behaviour than their younger and more junior counterparts. In addition, there is little evidence of curvilinearity in the relationships of age and tenure with IRB; workers at the high end of the age and tenure distributions did not perform especially poorly on these tasks. Practitioner points Contrary to common belief, the results of this study show that age and tenure are not negatively related to innovation‐related behaviours. That is, older and longer‐tenured workers do not engage in less innovation‐related behaviour than younger, more junior workers. These results hold true even at the high end of the age and years‐of‐service continuum. This study concludes that the negative stereotype that older and longer‐tenured workers are less innovative is not based on accumulated empirical evidence. As such, excluding older workers from innovation‐related tasks is counterproductive.

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Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 83%

A meta‐analysis of the relationships of age and tenure with innovation‐related behaviour

Feldman

2013

J Occupat & Organ Psyc

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“…However, interacting occupational prestige with the relative importance of private pensions, Komp et al (2010) find a negative impact. Anxo et al (2012) contains a study of the development in 50-74-year-olds' labor force attachment in 8 European countries. The emphasis in the study is on socioeconomic factors in relation to longer working lives rather than on the impact on fiscal sustainability.…”

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To work, to retire – or both? Labor market activity after 60

Larsen

Pedersen

2013

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

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The Danish labor market follows the trend in other countries of increasing labor force participation in the 60+ group. In Denmark, this increase has -until now -been most pronounced among 60-64-year-olds and among women. Increasing labor force participation is related to both a decline in the take-up of early retirement among 60-64-yearolds, an increase in the average age of entry to a retirement program, and an increase in the propensity of working after entering a retirement program. Significant impact on work after 60 is found from education, gender, marital status, home ownership, aggregate unemployment before retirement, age and education. JEL Codes: H55, J14, J26

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“…This is a reversal of a general long run trend towards lower average retirement ages, see e. g. Larsen and Pedersen (2013) and Anxo et al. (2012). In many countries, the increase in labour force participation rates among older workers continued even after the great recession beginning in 2008 – a period in which non-employment rates have increased markedly among younger people (OECD 2014a).…”

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Labour force activity after 65: what explain recent trends in Denmark, Germany and Sweden?

Larsen

Pedersen

2017

J Labour Market Res

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In most OECD member countries labour force attachment, has increased in recent years not only in the age groups 60–64 years but also among people 65 years and older. Focus in this paper is on the trend in older workers’ labour force participation in Denmark, Germany and Sweden since 2004. Main emphasis is given to people aged 65–69 years eligible for social security retirement programs from age 65. The gender aspect is included to accommodate different trends for women and men. To explain country differences in trends, the importance of changes in retirement policies of relevance for this age group and cohort relevant changes in education and health is examined and discussed. Further, country differences in the impact from education and health is examined. Results show that the largest increase in labour force participation among people aged 65–69 years has taken place in Sweden following by Germany, while the increase in Denmark is rather small. While the increase in Germany mainly seems to be a result of policy reforms, the increase in Sweden appear to be a result of a combination of policy changes and an increasing educational level. Financial incentives seem most important in Germany and only of minor importance in Denmark, where policy changes directed towards individuals above the age of 65 appear to have been too small so far to affect retirement behaviour significantly.

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Working longer in European countries: underestimated and unexpected effects

Cited by 38 publications

References 12 publications

A meta‐analysis of the relationships of age and tenure with innovation‐related behaviour

A meta‐analysis of the relationships of age and tenure with innovation‐related behaviour

To work, to retire – or both? Labor market activity after 60

Labour force activity after 65: what explain recent trends in Denmark, Germany and Sweden?

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