Labour Supply of Older Workers in the UK: Is There a Link with Pension Provisions?

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Lluberas
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
The Uk

Skills and Training for the Older Population

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy Loretto ◽  
Chris Phillipson ◽  
Sarah Vickerstaff
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Training And Development ◽  
Active Ageing ◽  
Training And Education ◽  
Training Development ◽  
Work Training ◽  
Employment Rates ◽  
The Uk ◽  
To Receive ◽  
And Training

Despite rises in employment rates across many countries, older workers (those aged 50+) are less likely than younger employees to receive workplace training and skills development. Using the UK as its starting focus, this chapter analyses the theoretical and empirical reasons for these gaps. The analysis covers in-work training and development, as well as considering the position of those older people who are unemployed but looking for work. The discussion also embraces the roles of training and education for older workers who may want to delay retirement or retire flexibly, and examines the relationships between training, development and active ageing. Concluding discussions highlight national and international policy initiatives to encourage investment in educating and training for this new work generation.

Labour supply dynamics at the extensive and intensive margins of the UK men and women

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lixin Cai
Keyword(s):  
Labour Supply ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
State Dependence ◽  
Labour Force Participation ◽  
Tobit Model ◽  
The State ◽  
Individual Heterogeneity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Extensive And Intensive Margins ◽  
The Uk

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to enhance understanding labour supply dynamics of the UK workers by examining whether and to what extent there is state dependence in the labour supply at both the extensive and intensive margins.Design/methodology/approachA dynamic two-tiered Tobit model is applied to the first seven waves of Understanding Society: the UK Household Longitudinal Study. The model used accounts for observed and unobserved individual heterogeneity and serially correlated transitory shocks to labour supply to draw inferences on state dependence.FindingsThe results show that both observed and unobserved individual heterogeneity contributes to observed inter-temporal persistence of the labour supply of the UK workers, and the persistence remains after these factors are controlled for, suggesting true state dependence at both the extensive and intensive margins of the labour supply. The study also finds that at both the margins, the state dependence of labour supply is larger for females than for males and that for both genders the state dependence is larger for people with low education, mature aged workers and people with long-standing illness or impairment. The results also show that estimates from a conventional Tobit model may produce misleading inferences regarding labour supply at the extensive and intensive margins.Originality/valueThis study adds to the international literature on labour supply dynamics by providing empirical evidence for both the extensive and intensive margins of labour supply, while previous studies tend to focus on the extensive margin of labour force participation only. Also, unlike earlier studies that often focus on females, this study compares labour supply dynamics between males and females. The study also compares the estimates from the more flexible two-tiered Tobit model with that from the conventional Tobit model.

scholarly journals Retirement rigidities and the gap between effective and desired labour supply by older workers

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Serena Trucchi ◽  
Elsa Fornero ◽  
Mariacristina Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Older Workers ◽  
Labour Supply

Freiheit für Arbeitskräfte und Dienstleistungen in der EU – Protektion in Deutschland?

2008 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans H. Glismann ◽  
Klaus Schrader
Keyword(s):  
Labour Market ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Free Trade ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Trade In Services ◽  
Eastern Enlargement ◽  
Institutional Settings ◽  
Core Member ◽  
The Uk

AbstractIt is analysed whether the EU’s Eastern Enlargement has been an obstacle to further European integration. Does the Enlargement provoke protectionist policies in core member countries, such as Germany? The paper deals with the institutional settings pertaining to labour supply and trade in services within the Union. It is shown that Germany is one of the two EU 15 countries still denying free access of new member countries to its labour market. In addition, Germany has been pushing for protection regarding trade in services. Statistics indicate that German protection and EU free trade have made the UK a winner in the game of labour migration.

Wearing Out the Work Ethic: Population Ageing, Fertility and Work–Life Balance

2006 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 671-688 ◽  
Author(s):  
IAN DEY
Keyword(s):  
Work Ethic ◽  
Labour Supply ◽  
Parental Leave ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
Female Employment ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Long Working Hours ◽  
The Uk

In response to population ageing, the UK intends to increase female labour supply. To this end, the Chancellor has announced a ten-year strategy designed to allow parents to combine work with family responsibilities more easily. The policies proposed centre on extending parental leave and childcare provision, while promoting greater flexibility in employment. While these policies may improve labour supply in the short term, this article looks at their implications for fertility, which if negative may reduce the labour supply in the longer term. Recent demographic studies suggest that measures which allow women more readily to combine childbearing with paid employment may also stabilise or improve fertility rates, so mitigating the trend to population ageing. However, the evidence is not conclusive, for relationships between female employment and fertility are complex and context dependent. The article suggests several factors that might therefore merit further consideration. These include gender inequities in the domestic division of labour, long working hours and a re-evaluation of unpaid work in the home. Enthusiasm for the work ethic may have to be balanced by a more explicit acknowledgement of a care ethic.

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