The Ageing Workforce: Policy Dilemmas and Choices

Australian Journal of Public Administration - Tập 76 Số 4 - Trang 511-523 - 2017
Peter Gahan1, Raymond Harbridge1, Joshua Healy1, Ruth Williams1
1The University of Melbourne

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AbstractPopulation ageing is profoundly challenging the institutions and systems that organise paid work, healthcare, and retirement. A major response to these challenges has been to encourage older workers to remain longer in employment, thereby extending the period of ‘productive life’ in which they are net contributors to government revenue. Yet this strategy depends on a range of micro‐level adjustments, about which relatively little is known. These include how willingly older workers and employers adjust their attitudes and practices, and what types of policies facilitate these adjustments. In this paper, we critique the major policy responses to workforce ageing in Australia to date, and consider further measures to improve recruitment and retention of older workers. We argue that a more holistic policy response will require better evidence about ageist employment barriers, late‐career transitions, and older workers’ job performance. We outline a research agenda to improve evidence and policy in these areas.

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