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Introduction Themed Section: What do Older Workers Want?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 September 2006

Wendy Loretto ,
Sarah Vickerstaff  and
Phil White
Wendy Loretto
Affiliation:
Management School and Economics, University of Edinburgh
Sarah Vickerstaff
Affiliation:
School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research, University of Kent
Phil White
Affiliation:
Management School and Economics, University of Edinburgh
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Abstract

Across the industrialised nations, the labour market participation of older workers (i.e. those aged 50 and over) continues to attract considerable attention, as the numbers in employment decline and those who are inactive or retired increase (for a 21-country review see OECD, 2006). Against a background of concern over the economic and social implications of low employment rates among the over-50s, much public policy has come to focus on extending the average working life by encouraging people to work for longer and to delay retirement (see, for example, House of Lords, 2003; and on European policy, von Nordeim, 2004).

Type
Themed Section on What do Older Workers Want?
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , October 2006 , pp. 479 - 483
Copyright
Cambridge University Press 2006

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