Ageing and Employment Policies: Norway 2013 Working Better with Age


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This report provides an overview of the substantial ageing and employment policy initiatives already implemented over the past decade in Norway identifies areas where more should be done, covering both supply-side and demand-side aspects.




Ageing and Employment Policies Working Better with Age


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People today are living longer than ever before, but what is a boon for individuals can be challenging for societies. If nothing is done to change existing work and retirement patterns, the number of older inactive people who will need to be supported by each worker could rise by around 40% between 2018 and 2050 on average in the OECD area. This would put a brake on rising living standards as well as enormous pressure on younger generations who will be financing social protection systems. Improving employment prospects of older workers will be crucial. At the same time, taking a life-course approach will be necessary to avoid accumulation of individual disadvantages over work careers that discourage or prevent work at an older age.




Ageing and Employment Policies Working Better with Age: Japan


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Currently, Japan has the highest old-age dependency ratio of all OECD countries, with a ratio in 2017 of over 50 persons aged 65 and above for every 100 persons aged 20 to 64. This ratio is projected to rise to 79 per hundred in 2050. The rapid population ageing in Japan is a major challenge ...




Ageing and Employment Policies: France 2014 Working Better with Age


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People today are living longer than ever before, while birth rates are dropping in the majority of OECD countries. In such demographics, public social expenditures require to be adequate and sustainable in the long term. Older workers play a crucial ...




Ageing and Employment Policies: Netherlands 2014 Working Better with Age


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This report provides an overview of ageing and employment policy iniatives implemented over the past decade in the Netherlands and identifies areas where more should be done.




Ageing and Employment Policies: Denmark 2015 Working Better with Age


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Given the ageing challenges, there is an increasing pressure in OECD countries to promote longer working lives. This report provides an overview of policy initiatives implemented in Denmark over the past decade.







Ageing and Employment Policies: Poland 2015


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This report on Poland offers analysis and assessment on what the best policies are for fostering employability, job mobility and labour demand at an older age.




OECD Skills Studies OECD Skills Strategy Diagnostic Report: Norway 2014


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Skills are central to Norway’s future prosperity and the well-being of its people. This diagnostic report identifies 12 skills challenges for Norway which were distilled from a series of interactive diagnostic workshops held in the course of 2013 with a wide range of stakeholders in Oslo ...




OECD Reviews of Labour Market and Social Policies: Latvia 2016


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Latvia has undergone major economic and social change since the early 1990s. Despite an exceptionally deep recession following the global financial crisis, impressive economic growth over the past two decades has narrowed income and productivity gaps relative to comparator countries in the OECD.