Keeping Australia's Older Workers in the Labour Force. A Policy Perspective
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11228495 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Walter (0000-0002-8028-5274, corresponding author), Natalie Jackson (0000-0001-7718-2576), Bruce Felmingham |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 291-309 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal of Social Issues (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0157-6321 • E-ISSN: 1839-4655 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00103.x |
| OpenAlex | W1567031936 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 4 |
As in other western industrialised countries the structural ageing of the Australian population has significant labour market implications. Government has responded with a range of policies to persuade older workers to abandon early retirement and/or remain in the workforce past traditional retirement ages. But whether this generation of workers will be prepared to change their retirement plans in response to policy encouragement, and whether current policy measures will translate into significant numbers of older workers extending their labour force participation is uncertain. Using the Australian Survey of Retirement Attitudes and Motivations (ASRAM) a recently completed, nationally representative survey of Australian workers aged 40 – 59 years we find that while the Government message about working longer is getting through, older workers are relatively unresponsive to current policy measures. Other policies, especially policies outside the financial realm, are needed to maximise the number of older Australians in the labour force
Australian population · Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Government (linguistics · Labour economics · Older people · Political science · Population · Population ageing · Project commissioning · Public policy · Publishing · Realm · Sociology · Workforce · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Gerontology
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2022 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |