 Workforce Aging and the Labour Market Opportunities of Youth: Evidence from CanadaLCERPA Working Papers from Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis Abstract: In this study, we investigate whether an aging workforce affects the job opportunities of youth. Provincial data from the 1976-2013 Labour Force Surveys and a fixed-effects model is used to estimate the effect of the share of the adult male labour force that is aged 55 to 69 on the employment and unemployment rates of men aged 25 to 29. We estimate effects on other labour market outcomes including wages and school enrolment, and other samples of younger men and women. There is no evidence to suggest that a growing share of older workers negatively affects the decisions or outcomes of youth in the labour market. To the contrary, there is weak evidence to suggest an aging population has a positive effect on the labour market outcomes of youth. Keywords: Population aging; employment; unemployment; youth (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wlu:lcerpa:0074 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in LCERPA Working Papers from Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis Contact information at EDIRC. |
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