State-Promoted Partial Retirement: an End is in Sight

Abstract

Even if elderly persons are still a problematic group on the labour market, their employment and unemployment rates show that much has improved recently. This is good news, as demographic change leads to a shrinking and ageing labour force potential. We are thus dependent on a higher employment participation of the elderly. Furthermore, there is not only a quantitative problem, but also the issue of a loss in quality. Especially the labour force of medium and higher age possesses a good qualification structure. Thus, there are many an argument in favour of designing the legal frame such that employees participate in employment as long and actively as possible.

Cite article

Dietz, M. (2009): Geförderte Altersteilzeit: Ende in Sicht. In: Wirtschaftsdienst, Vol. 89, No. 8, p. 501.