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Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World
Working Longer
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Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World
Working Longer
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In developed countries, men's labor force participation at older ages has increased in recent years, reversing a decades-long pattern of decline. Participation rates for older women have also been rising. What explains these patterns, and the differences in them across countries? The answers to these questions are pivotal as countries face fiscal and retirement security challenges posed by longer life-spans.
This eighth phase of the International Social Security project, which compares the social security and retirement experiences of twelve developed countries, documents trends in participation and employment and explores reasons for the rising participation rates of older workers. The chapters use a common template for analysis, which facilitates comparison of results across countries. Using within-country natural experiments and cross-country comparisons, the researchers study the impact of improving health and education, changes in the occupation mix, the retirement incentives of social security programs, and the emergence of women in the workplace, on labor markets. The findings suggest that social security reforms and other factors such as the movement of women into the labor force have played an important role in labor force participation trends.
This eighth phase of the International Social Security project, which compares the social security and retirement experiences of twelve developed countries, documents trends in participation and employment and explores reasons for the rising participation rates of older workers. The chapters use a common template for analysis, which facilitates comparison of results across countries. Using within-country natural experiments and cross-country comparisons, the researchers study the impact of improving health and education, changes in the occupation mix, the retirement incentives of social security programs, and the emergence of women in the workplace, on labor markets. The findings suggest that social security reforms and other factors such as the movement of women into the labor force have played an important role in labor force participation trends.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Copyright
- Title Page
- National Bureau of Economic Research
- Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Older Men’s Labor Force Participation in Belgium
- 2. The Labor Force Participation of Older Men in Canada
- 3. From Early Retirement to Staying in the Job: Trend Reversal in the Danish Labor Market
- 4. Explaining the Reversal in the Trend of Older Workers’ Employment Rates: The Case of France
- 5. Old-Age Labor Force Participation in Germany: What Explains the Trend Reversal among Older Men and the Steady Increase among Women?
- 6. Employment at Older Ages: Evidence from Italy
- 7. Labor Force Participation of the Elderly in Japan
- 8. Why Are People Working Longer in the Netherlands?
- 9. Trends in Labor Force Participation of Older Workers in Spain
- 10. The Recent Rise of Labor Force Participation of Older Workers in Sweden
- 11. Long-Run Trends in the Economic Activity of Older People in the United Kingdom
- 12. Working Longer in the United States: Trends and Explanations
- Notes
- Contributors
- Author Index
- Subject Index