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Older people, work and equal opportunity

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  • Ali Taqi

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People in industrialized countries are living longer, having fewer children and retiring sooner. The proportion of older people in the population is rising; their labour force participation is declining. These trends are arousing apprehensions about future labour supply and pension financing as contributor/beneficiary ratios decrease. A widely advocated policy response is to seek higher participation rates, especially by raising pensionable ages and restricting early retirement. Little has been done to improve the labour market position of seniors. Three‐pronged action is needed: promoting training, placement and workplace flexibility; changing attitudes through education and information; and prohibiting age discrimination in employment.

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  • Ali Taqi, 2002. "Older people, work and equal opportunity," International Social Security Review, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 55(1), pages 107-120.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:intssr:v:55:y:2002:i:1:p:107-120
    DOI: 10.1111/1468-246X.00117
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    1. Merve Okan & Erdem Cam, 2022. "Uluslararasi Kuruluslarin Yasli Isgucune Yonelik Istihdam Politikalari Ve Bazi Ulkelere Yonelik Incelemeler," Journal of Social Policy Conferences, Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 0(82), pages 53-92, June.
    2. Vraňaková Natália & Stareček Augustín & Koltnerová Kristína & Cagáňová Dagmar & Chlpeková Andrea & Saniuk Sebastian, 2019. "Discrimination of Employees Generational Groups in Selected Human Resource Management Areas," Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology, Sciendo, vol. 27(s1), pages 84-92, December.
    3. Gideon BEN-ISRAEL & Ruth BEN-ISRAEL, 2002. "Senior citizens: Social dignity, status and the right to representative freedom of organization," International Labour Review, International Labour Organization, vol. 141(3), pages 253-273, September.
    4. Nick Adnett & Stephen Hardy, 2007. "The peculiar case of age discrimination: Americanising the European social model?," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 29-41, February.

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