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Exploring Older Worker Labour Force Participation Across Oecd Countries In The Context Of Ageing Populations: A Reserve Army Of Labour?, Martin J. O'Brien
Exploring Older Worker Labour Force Participation Across Oecd Countries In The Context Of Ageing Populations: A Reserve Army Of Labour?, Martin J. O'Brien
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
The governments of many developed economies are facing policy issues associated with ageing populations. Pension reforms, increasing labour force participation of older workers and increasing the standard retirement age are policy reforms suggested by the OECD to address ageing populations. However, many of the same governments now embracing these reforms had until recently encouraged early exit of older workers from the labour force in periods of excess labour supply, leading to allegations that these governments had treated older workers as a ―reserve army of labour‖. In this paper a panel model is estimated for the labour force participation of males …
Older Male Workers And Job Mobility In Australia, Martin O'Brien
Older Male Workers And Job Mobility In Australia, Martin O'Brien
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
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Structural Change And The Older Male Worker In Australia, Martin J. O'Brien
Structural Change And The Older Male Worker In Australia, Martin J. O'Brien
Faculty of Commerce - Papers (Archive)
Unfavourable changes in the industry composition of employment overt he last two decades has been suggested as a reason for structural unemployment and declining labour force participation of older males in Australia. In this paper, the author explores this proposition by analysing employment data for older males over the 1984 to 1999 period. Standard shift-share analysis findings suggest that, although older males are over-represented in stagnant or declining industries and under-represented in growth sectors, the net aggregate effects of structural change for older males' employment trends are minimal. However, alternative methodologies presented reveal a number of interesting insights into the …