Labour Force Participation among Older New Zealanders, 1991-2013

Michael Cameron

Working Papers in Economics from University of Waikato

Abstract: WNew Zealand’s population is ageing rapidly and alongside this the labour force is also ageing. This paper presents a descriptive analysis of the labour force and employment trends among older New Zealanders (that is, those aged 55 and over). Specifically, the paper focuses on labour force participation by age-group, by cohort and by region, and employment by industry and by occupation. I find that the older labour force is large and growing over time, and the patterns are similar by gender and by region. Employment of older workers is more concentrated in agriculture than other industries or occupations. Cohort analysis reveals that generational differences in labour force participation rates are a significant driver of increases in the older labour force, but that cohort differences do not explain increases in the proportion of full-time employment among older workers to the same extent.

Keywords: labour force participation; older people; New Zealand (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J21 J26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2014-07-27
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-age and nep-lab
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