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Age and Work: International Perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2004

Philip Taylor
Affiliation:
Cambridge Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing (CIRCA), Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cambridge E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

The need to extend working life is being increasingly emphasised in policy debates in the developed economies. Recent years have seen the emergence of new policies on work on retirement aimed at closing off ‘early exit’ pathways and promoting the employment of older workers. This article summarises recent developments in selected countries, concluding that the effectiveness of policy making to date is difficult to gauge, that as yet, it lacks the necessary sophistication and that, as a consequence, it may not provide appropriate pathways for older workers or employers.

Type
Themed section on Age, Employment and Policy
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2004

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