Older workers : the view of Dutch employers in a European perspective /

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Author / Creator:	Conen, Wieteke, author.
Imprint:	Amsterdam : Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 2013.
Description:	162 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	NiDi reports ; book 88 NiDi rapport ; nr. 88.
Subject:	Older people -- Employment -- Europe. Older people -- Employment -- Government policy -- Europe. Age and employment -- Europe. Social security -- Europe. Industrial relations -- Europe. Personnel management -- Europe. Age and employment. Older people -- Employment. Personnel management. Europe.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10072904

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ISBN:	9789069846651 9069846659
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	In most Western countries, macro-level actors realise there are major challenges ahead in dealing with an ageing society. Demographic developments will have large consequences for welfare state expenditures and will profoundly alter the composition and level of labour supply on the labour market. Although various measures to raise the participation levels of older workers have been suggested for a good length of time now, there is still only limited insight into how employers are behaving towards older workers. The aim of this dissertation is to improve our understanding of employers' attitudes and actions towards older workers.

Table of Contents:

1. Organisations dealing with an ageing workforce: views and behaviour across time and place
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Ageing and the labour market in Europe
1.2.1. Demographic developments
1.2.2. Changing contexts
1.3. Research on the labour market for older workers
1.4. Theoretical considerations concerning employers' behaviour
1.5. Data collection
1.5.1. Survey data
1.5.2. Case study research
1.6. Outline of the book and research questions
2. Are employers changing their behaviour towards older workers? An analysis of employers' surveys 2000-2009
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Policy context
2.2.1. Reversing the exit culture: blocking pathways out of the labour market
2.2.2. Age discrimination legislation
2.2.3. Trends in participation and unemployment rates
2.3. Theoretical background
2.3.1. Rational organisations and ageing
2.3.2. Institutional isomorphism
2.4. Methods
2.4.1. Data
2.4.2. Variables and analyses
2.5. Results
2.5.1. Retention and recruitment behaviour
2.5.2. Relative positions of underrepresented categories
2.5.3. Organisational policies
2.6. Discussion and conclusions
3. Ageing organisations and extension of working lives: a case study approach
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Blocking the exit, routes
3.3. Theoretical background
3.4. Methods
3.5. Results
3.5.1. Business-cycle effects
3.5.2. Institutional context
3.6. Conclusion and discussion
4. Employers' attitudes and actions towards the extension of working lives in Europe
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Theoretical background
4.2.1. Ageing, productivity and labour costs
4.2.2. Policies to extend working lives
4.3. Methods
4.4. Results
4.4.1. Retention and recruitment behaviour
4.4.2. Age, productivity and labour costs
4.4.3. Organisational policies
4.4.4. Governmental policies
4.5. Conclusion and discussion
5. Ageing and employers' perceptions of labour costs and productivity: a survey among European employers
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Ageing, labour costs and productivity
5.3. Methodology
5.3.1. Survey among employers
5.3.2. Measures
5.3.3. Analyses
5.4. Results
5.4.1. Perceptions of changes in labour cost-productivity gap
5.4.2. Tenure wages and employment protection
5.4.3. Recruitment and retention behaviour
5.5. Conclusions and discussion
6. Employers' policies and practices towards extension of working lives: conclusion, discussion and implications
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Summary of the results
6.3. Scientific relevance
6.4. Societal relevance
6.5. Discussion
References
Appendix
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Older workers : the view of Dutch employers in a European perspective /

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