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Old?Age Employment and Hours of Work Trends: Empirical Analysis for Four European Countries

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  • Aliaj, Arjeta

    (HEC-University of Liège, Belgium)

  • Flawinne, Xavier

    (HEC-University of Liège, Belgium)

  • Jousten, Alain

    (University of Liège)

  • Perelman, Sergio

    (CREPP, Université de Liège)

  • Shi, Lin

    (HEC-University of Liège, Belgium)

Abstract

For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the evolution of older workers' employment in Belgium and its neighboring countries Germany, France and the Netherlands using the EU Labour Force Survey. Second, we characterize the different employment and hours of work patterns for different age sub-groups (50-54, 55-59, 60-64) and provide evidence on their respective evolution. The results show that employment rates among older workers started to catch-up with employment rates of younger cohorts as of 2001, and with more acuity after 2006. This effect dominates the observed negative effect on hours of work and hence leads to an increase in total hours of work of the cohort – net of any purely demographic effects.

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  • Aliaj, Arjeta & Flawinne, Xavier & Jousten, Alain & Perelman, Sergio & Shi, Lin, 2016. "Old?Age Employment and Hours of Work Trends: Empirical Analysis for Four European Countries," IZA Discussion Papers 9819, IZA Network @ LISER.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp9819
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    2. Alain Jousten & Mathieu Lefebvre, 2018. "Older Men’s Labor Force Participation in Belgium," NBER Chapters, in: Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Working Longer, pages 33-50, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    5. Bernhard Hammer & Sonja Spitzer & Alexia Prskawetz, 2022. "Age-Specific Income Trends in Europe: The Role of Employment, Wages, and Social Transfers," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 162(2), pages 525-547, July.
    6. Hélène Blake & Clémentine Garrouste, 2017. "Collateral effects of a pension reform in France," Working Papers hal-01500683, HAL.

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    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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