Economic crises and the elderly.
- Backes-Gellner U Institute for Business Administration, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland. ubg@isu.unizh.ch
- Schneider MR
- 2011-10-26
Published in:
- Gerontology. - 2012
English
Economic crises in the last decades have swept elderly workers more than younger workers out of employment. But now the tide is turning. In affluent societies, elderly workers will have more opportunities of being employed in meaningful and well-paid jobs than ever before. On account of demographic changes, fewer (younger) workers will be around, and most of the reasons that in the past have induced employers to lay off older rather than younger workers will disappear. Future employment strategies will have to focus more on an optimal age mix and on benefitting from the full potential of the elderly.
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- DOI 10.1159/000330065
- PMID 22024996
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