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Older employees - a neglected labour potential

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  • Wolfgang Ochel

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In the Western industrialised countries - and thus also in Germany - two longer-term demographic trends can be observed. The birth rates have sunk, and life expectancy has increased. This has resulted in a shift in the age profile of the population in the direction of older persons. The availability of younger workers to fill labour demand will be constrained in near future, and the stronger use of the potential of older employees could offer a way out. Other countries already use this potential today to a greater extent than in Germany, where the employment rate of older workers is relatively low. In order to integrate older persons in the working world to a greater extent, incentives for early retirement should be reduced and the employment of older workers should be encouraged.

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  • Wolfgang Ochel, 2002. "Older employees - a neglected labour potential," ifo Schnelldienst, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, vol. 55(21), pages 1-30, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:ces:ifosdt:v:55:y:2002:i:21:p:30
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    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination

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