A timely overview of European employers' attitudes toward older workers, this book closely analyzes the Dutch experience and comparative examples drawn from a range of other countries. Wieteke Conen demonstrates that across Europe, and especially in the Netherlands, employers tend to blame higher labor costs and lower productivity on an aging workforce. As a result, they avoid hiring and--in some cases--retaining older workers, eschewing other strategies that might help bridge the perceived gap between costs and productivity. Exploring some of these alternative strategies, "Older...
A timely overview of European employers' attitudes toward older workers, this book closely analyzes the Dutch experience and comparative examples draw...
As populations age in countries across the world, the maintenance of welfare and social security systems will depend on the prolonged, productive employment of older workers. However, not much is known about the factors that determine whether--and how--older adults work. With "Prolonged Employment of Older Workers," Kasia Karpinska helps fill in the gap. This timely study explores the managerial attitudes and worker characteristics that influence managers' decisions to hire, train, and retain older employees. In the process, it suggests possible solutions to a problem that weighs heavily on...
As populations age in countries across the world, the maintenance of welfare and social security systems will depend on the prolonged, productive empl...
