Working conditions and the length of working lives

Mikkel Barslund; Andreas Cebulla; J.G. Stauning Prewett

Working conditions and the length of working lives

Mikkel Barslund
, Andreas Cebulla
, J.G. Stauning Prewett

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on the extent to which improvements in human resource (HR) management policies can play a role in extending working lives.10 HR policies – such as workplace and age management practices – can be valuable tools to discourage older workers from retiring early, and to motivate and incentivise those close to retirement age to stay in work longer (D’Addio et al., 2010; Thorsen et al., 2012). One such mechanism is via increased job satisfaction, which is the main focus of this study. More broadly, we relate working conditions to HR management policies. The central hypothesis is that HR management policies shape working conditions. These then affect employee job satisfaction which, in turn, influences retirement decisions (Figure 8).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Policies for an Ageing Workforce
Subtitle of host publication	Work-life balance, working conditions and equal opportunities, Report of a CEPS – NIESR – FACTAGE and Eurofound conference
Editors	Mikkel Barslund
Place of Publication	Brussels
Publisher	Centre for European Policy Studies
Pages	22-26
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	978-94-6138-753-0
Publication status	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Keywords

Population ageing
State pension age
Increase in state pension age
older workers
younger workers
older versus younger workers
relative productivity of older workers
vulnerability of older workers

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Barslund, M., Cebulla, A., & Stauning Prewett , J. G. (2019). Working conditions and the length of working lives. In M. Barslund (Ed.), Policies for an Ageing Workforce: Work-life balance, working conditions and equal opportunities, Report of a CEPS – NIESR – FACTAGE and Eurofound conference (pp. 22-26). Centre for European Policy Studies. https://www.ceps.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Policies-for-an-ageing-work-force-1.pdf

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Barslund, M, Cebulla, A & Stauning Prewett , JG 2019, Working conditions and the length of working lives. in M Barslund (ed.), Policies for an Ageing Workforce: Work-life balance, working conditions and equal opportunities, Report of a CEPS – NIESR – FACTAGE and Eurofound conference. Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels, pp. 22-26. <https://www.ceps.eu/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Policies-for-an-ageing-work-force-1.pdf>

Working conditions and the length of working lives. / Barslund, Mikkel; Cebulla, Andreas; Stauning Prewett , J.G.
Policies for an Ageing Workforce: Work-life balance, working conditions and equal opportunities, Report of a CEPS – NIESR – FACTAGE and Eurofound conference. ed. / Mikkel Barslund. Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies, 2019. p. 22-26.

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Working conditions and the length of working lives

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