The recent rise of labor force participation of older workers in Sweden
"This paper studies the background to the increase in labor force participation of older workers in Sweden since 2000. In the first part, we study how the characteristics of the elderly have changed with respect to health, education level and work environment, as well as the impact of joint dec...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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2017
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19394145124911123279-The-recent-rise-of-labor-force.htm |
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| author | Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala Laun, Lisa Palme, Mårten |
| author_facet | Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala Laun, Lisa Palme, Mårten |
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| description | "This paper studies the background to the increase in labor force participation of older workers in Sweden since 2000. In the first part, we study how the characteristics of the elderly have changed with respect to health, education level and work environment, as well as the impact of joint decision-making within the household. In the second part, we study the importance of institutional changes, including a major reform of the old-age pension system, introduction of tax credits for older workers, changes of the mandatory retirement age and stricter eligibility criteria in the disability insurance program. We find that the rise in labor force participation has coincided with improvements in health and educational attainment across birth cohorts as well as increased screening stringency in the disability insurance program." |
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| geographic | Sweden |
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| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| is_hierarchy_title | The recent rise of labor force participation of older workers in Sweden |
| language | English |
| physical | 33 p. Digital |
| publishDate | 2017 |
| publisher | Uppsala IFAU |
| spellingShingle | Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation, Uppsala Laun, Lisa Palme, Mårten older worker labour force participation pension scheme retirement age The recent rise of labor force participation of older workers in Sweden |
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| title | The recent rise of labor force participation of older workers in Sweden |
| topic | older worker labour force participation pension scheme retirement age |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19394145124911123279-The-recent-rise-of-labor-force.htm |