Active strategies for older workers

Description

For some time now governments have been trying to direct more attention to the employment opportunities for older workers. Besides the question of sustainability of welfare states, governments are confronted with growing labour shortages in numerous branches of the economy : premature exclusion or exit from the labour market only sharpens these imbalances.

This book sets out to describe how, in nine EU countries (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the UK, Italy, Sweden and the Netherlands), social partners and governments have been successful in increasing the employment rates of older workers, or have failed to do so. Different paths have been tried out in different countries, some with more success than others. The book highlights good and bad practices in the field of employment, training, social protection and taxation policies. Current policies are evaluated and proposals are made for further successful action. Amongst major reforms discussed, the book refers to the development of systems of partial, phased, progressive or flexible retirement.

This study, which brings together the most recent national findings and European statistics in this field, has been drafted by a group of specialist academics : Lei Delsen, Annie Jolivet, Gerd Naegele, Kari Vinni, Peter van der Hallen, Geert Vandenbroucke, Eskil Wadensjö, Alan Walker, Hans Hansen, Angelo Paulli, Mara Tagliabue, Axel Bremermann, Henri Lourdelle, Céline Lafoucriere, David Foden and Maria Jepsen.

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Author(s)/Editor(s)

Martin  Hutsebaut

Secretary to the Directors' Committee
phone: +32 (0) 2 224 05 01

Maria  Jepsen

Acting head of department, senior researcher
phone: +32 (0) 2 224 04 90

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