Wages, Pensions, and Public-Private Sector Compensation Differentials for Older Workers

Public Administration Research ◽

10.5539/par.v2n2p233 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Philipp Bewerunge ◽

Harvey S. Rosen

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Older Workers ◽

Compensation Differentials

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Changes in Job Quality as People Work Beyond Pensionable Age in Sweden

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igab046.1605 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 417-417

Author(s):

Kevin Cahill ◽

Hugo Westerlund ◽

Loretta Platts ◽

Lawrence Sacco

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

Older Workers ◽

Job Strain ◽

Working Hours ◽

Job Quality ◽

Work Intensity ◽

Time Control ◽

Self Employment ◽

Reward Imbalance ◽

Employment Characteristics

Abstract This paper uses data from the biennial Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health to examine changes in job quality among older workers, controlling for work intensity and employment characteristics. Job quality outcomes included job satisfaction and physical (dangerous, strenuous or unpleasant work) and psychosocial (job strain, effort-reward imbalance, work time control) working conditions. First difference estimation was used to analyze within-individual changes in job quality, as well as changes in hours, employment characteristics (shifting to a non-permanent contract, the private sector and self-employment) and health. Individuals who worked beyond pensionable age experienced statistically significant improvements in job quality, with larger improvements among those who reduced working hours and shifted from permanent to non-permanent contracts, from the public into the private sector, and from wage-and-salary to self-employment. We conclude that work beyond pensionable age is a distinctive period characterized by employment that becomes more flexible and rewarding and less stressful.

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Possible Effects of the Financial Crisis on Managers’ Attitudes to Older Workers

Nordic Journal of Working Life Studies ◽

10.19154/njwls.v2i3.2367 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 129 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Per Erik Solem

Keyword(s):

Public Sector ◽

Financial Crisis ◽

Business Cycles ◽

Private Sector ◽

Older Workers ◽

Short Term ◽

Private Companies ◽

Affective Component ◽

The Public ◽

Cognitive Component

The article explores the possible short-term effects of the financial crisis in Norway on cognitive, affective, and behavioral components of managers’ attitudes to older workers. The quick shifts in business cycles in 2008 and 2009, i.e., the financial crisis, produced some immediate reactions among managers. In particular, the protection of older workers by downsizing (the seniority principle) gained less support within the first half year of the crisis; however, there was a return to the former level of support within the next half year. This pattern of change was observed in the private sector, while managers in the public sector changed attitudes on a smaller scale and in the direction of increased support for the seniority principle. The data are from the Norwegian Senior Policy Barometer where national samples of managers in private companies and in the public sector are interviewed. The study has a time series design with new samples (N=750) each year from 2003 to 2011. The cognitive component of attitudes was less affected by the financial crisis than the behavioral disposition mentioned above. The tendency was for more positive conceptions of older workers among managers in the public sector. In the private sector, the views of managers changed even less and in the opposite direction. An impact of more gradual business cycles is seen in the affective component of attitudes. Yet, older workers are among the least popular categories to recruit in both rising and falling cycles. The finding that managers in the private sector are more affected than managers in the less market-exposed public sector supports the possible effects of the financial crisis on attitudes to older workers. For senior policy, it is notable to keep track of long-term trends and not to be beset by short-term shifts in the need for older workers. Lasting effects of falling business cycles on the employment of older workers may be prevented by reinforcing a solid basis of realistic cognitions about older workers and by openness concerning affective aspects of aging and older workers.

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