scholarly journals Disability Insurance and Labor Market Exit Routes of Older Workers in The Netherlands

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klaas de Vos ◽  
Arie Kapteyn ◽  
Adriaan Kalwij
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Market Exit

scholarly journals Labor Market Vulnerability of Older Workers in the Netherlands and its Impact on Downward Mobility and Reduction of Working Hours

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Visser ◽  
Maurice Gesthuizen ◽  
Gerbert Kraaykamp ◽  
Maarten H J Wolbers
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Downward Mobility

scholarly journals Educational Inequalities in Labor Market Exit of Older Workers in 15 European Countries

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Mäcken ◽  
Patrick Präg ◽  
Moritz Hess ◽  
Lea Ellwardt
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Social Gradient ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Market Exit ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Almost All

This article examines country differences in the association between education and voluntary or involuntary labor market exit and whether these country differences map onto institutional characteristics of the countries. Work exit is defined as involuntary based on the reasons of exit. Four different types of institutional factors, push and pull, aiming for an earlier work exit and need and maintain factors to retain older workers in employment are considered. Using data from 15 European countries from the longitudinal Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), discrete- time event history models with a categorical outcome are estimated for each country separately. In a second step, we add macro-level indicators and conduct meta-analyses to analyze country differences. Results show that in almost all countries a social gradient in involuntary work exit exists but not in voluntary exit. Lower-educated workers are more likely to involuntarily exit the labor market. Institutional factors, especially those supporting older workers’ retention in employment, are associated with a smaller social gradient in work exit. Our findings suggest that investments in active labor market expenditures, especially in lifelong learning and rehabilitation for lower educated workers, may help to reduce the social gradient in involuntary work exit.

scholarly journals Labor market exit around retirement age in Sweden and trajectories of psychotropic drugs in a context of downsizing

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandra Blomqvist ◽  
Hugo Westerlund ◽  
Kristina Alexanderson ◽  
Linda L. Magnusson Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Psychotropic Drugs ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Disability Pension ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Market Exit ◽  
Significant Difference

Abstract Background A maintained psychological wellbeing is important in order to continue working longer and remain active into older age. However, little is known about impact of different organizational factors, such as downsizing, on the mental health of older workers exiting the labor market. The aim in this study was to investigate trajectories of purchases of psychotropic drugs in relation to labor market exit later in life in a context with and without downsizing. Method People living in Sweden, born 1941–1951, exiting paid work via unemployment, sickness absence/disability pension, or old-age pension were followed from 2005 to 2013 regarding purchases of psychotropic drugs. Individuals employed at a workplace closing down or downsizing with ≥18% between two subsequent years were compared to employees exiting from workplaces without downsizing or workplace closure. Generalized estimating equations was applied to derive trajectories of annual prevalence of purchased antidepressants, sedatives and anxiolytics from 4 years before to 4 years after a labour market exit. Results During the period around the exit, old-age retirees experiencing a downsizing/workplace closure did not decrease their purchases of sedatives (OR 1.01 95% CI 0.95–1.07) while the unexposed decreased their purchases during this period (OR 0.95 95% CI 0.92–0.98). Similar differences concerning sedatives and antidepressants between exposed and unexposed were seen for those exiting via sickness absence or disability pension. Furthermore, a significant difference in purchases of anxiolytics was observed between those exposed to downsizing (OR 1.10 95% CI 0.97–1.24) and the unexposed (OR 0.98 95% CI 0.91–1.06) exiting via old-age retirement during the time before the exit. Conclusion Downsizing or workplace closure, although weakly, was associated with higher prevalence of psychotropic drugs certain years around the labor market exit. The results support the idea that involuntary labor market exit in mature adulthood may negatively affect the development of mental health.

scholarly journals Educational Inequalities in Labor Market Exit of Older Workers in 15 European Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-25
Author(s):  
JANA MÄCKEN ◽  
PATRICK PRÄG ◽  
MORITZ HESS ◽  
LEA ELLWARDT
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Social Gradient ◽  
Institutional Factors ◽  
Market Exit ◽  
Country Differences ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Meta Analyses ◽  
Almost All

Abstract This article examines country differences in the association between education and voluntary or involuntary labor market exit and whether these country differences map onto institutional characteristics of the countries. Work exit is defined as involuntary or voluntary based on the reasons of exit. Four different types of institutional factors, push and pull, aiming for an earlier work exit and need and maintain factors to retain older workers in employment are considered. Using data from 15 European countries from the longitudinal Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), discrete-time event history models with a categorical outcome are estimated for each country separately. In a second step, we add macro-level indicators and conduct meta-analyses to analyze country differences. Results show that in almost all countries a social gradient in involuntary work exit exists but not in voluntary exit. Lower-educated workers are more likely to involuntarily exit the labor market. Institutional factors, especially those supporting older workers’ retention in employment, are associated with a smaller social gradient in work exit. Our findings suggest that investments in active labor market expenditures, especially in lifelong learning and rehabilitation for lower educated workers, may help to reduce the social gradient in involuntary work exit.

scholarly journals Workforce Composition and the Risk of Labor Market Exit Among Older Workers in Finnish Companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-100
Author(s):  
Aart-Jan Riekhoff ◽  
Noora Järnefelt ◽  
Mikko Laaksonen
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Early Exit ◽  
Market Exit ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Workforce Composition ◽  
Wage Structures ◽  
Employee Data

Abstract This article investigates how a firm’s workforce characteristics affect an individual’s timing of exit from the labor market. It analyzes the relations between the age, skill, and wage structures of companies and the risk of labor market exit of Finnish older workers by using the detailed longitudinal register-based Finnish Linked Employer–Employee Data. The study follows the Finnish working population born between 1942 and 1950 (N = 216,713). Multilevel discrete-time survival analysis with individuals nested in firms is applied to estimate the risk of permanent exit from work between the ages of 53 and 68. The results show that these risks differ between firms: greater diversity in age and education levels among the workforce as well as seniority-based wage systems within a firm decrease the propensity of early exit, while being employed at a firm with an older staff increases the risk of exit. The findings from interactions between individual- and firm-level characteristics further illustrate that one’s individual characteristics matter in relation to the characteristics of the overall firm’s workforce. Being dissimilar from one’s coworkers, especially in terms of skills and education, can reduce the risk of early exit.

scholarly journals Trends in Wage Inequality in the Netherlands

De Economist ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colja Schneck
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Wage Inequality ◽  
Wage Distribution ◽  
Labor Market Institutions ◽  
Market Institutions ◽  
Educational Degree ◽  
Over Time

AbstractIn this paper I analyze changes in the wage distribution in the Netherlands. I use a matched employer-employee dataset that covers the population of employees. Wage inequality increases over the period of 2001–2016. Changes in between-firm wage components are responsible for nearly the entire increase. Increases in the variance of workers’ skills and increases in worker sorting and worker segregation explain the majority of the rise in the variance of wages. These changes are accompanied by a pattern where variation in educational degree and firm average wages become more correlated over time. Finally, it is suggested that labor market institutions in the Netherlands play an important role in mediating overall wage inequality.

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