Denmark

Per H. Jensen ()
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Per H. Jensen: Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies, Aalborg University

Chapter 16 in Extended Working Life Policies, 2020, pp 229-239 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter discusses the preconditions for high and rising femaleFemale labour force participationLabour force participation ratesLabour force participation rates (lfpr) amongWorker older older workersOlder workers in DenmarkDenmark , marked by a highly developed welfare stateWelfare state and flexible labour markets. Main findings are that changing labour marketLabour market changing practices of older womenWomen older are conditioned by economic and symbolic stimuli encouraging older workersOlder workers voluntarily to prolong their working lifeWorking life as well as measures combatting exclusionary mechanismsMechanisms in the Danish labour market.

Keywords: Employment; Gender; Older workers; Pension system; Labour markets; Work life quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40985-2_16

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