Ageing and Employment Policies/Vieillissement et politiques de l'emploi: Austria 2005 [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Prinz, Christopher.
Biffl, Gudrun.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2005.
In Austria, the proportion of persons aged 65 and over to the working-age population will double to 30% by 2050.  Without policy changes, this could lead to higher public expenditures, labour force shortages, and slower economic growth.  This report surveys of the main barriers to employment for older workers, assesses of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to overcome these barriers and presents a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.  It examines the balances between income support and work incentives, methods for encouraging employers to hire and retain workers, and policies for ensuring the employability of older workers.  This report is published in English with a French translation of the Executive Summary and Recommendations.
TABLE OF CONTENTS -; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; The challenges facing Austria; Policy has begun to respond; Further reform is needed; RÉSUMÉ ET PRINCIPALES RECOMMANDATIONS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1. THE CHALLENGE AHEAD; 1. Background projections on population ageing; 2. Potential social and economic implications; 3. Key challenges for the future; Chapter 2. OLDER WORKERS IN THE AUSTRIANLABOUR MARKET; 1. Employment, unemployment and inactivity of older people; 2. The employment structure of older workers; Chapter 3. PROVIDING SOCIAL PROTECTIONWHILE ENHANCING WORK INCENTIVES
1. Retirement behaviour in Austria2. Reforming the old-age pension system; 3. Early or gradual retirement?; 4. Disability pensions: issues and solutions; Annex 3.A. Major early retirement schemes and early exit pathwaysin Austria; Chapter 4. INCENTIVES FOR EMPLOYERS TO RETAINAND HIRE OLDER WORKERS; 1. Attitudes and employment practices; 2. Examples of good-practice employers; 3. Removing barriers and providing incentives to employers; 4. Options for the future; Chapter 5. ENSURING EMPLOYABILITY OF WORKERSAT ALL AGES; 1. Lifelong learning to keep up with job requirements
2. Activating the inactive and the unemployed3. Towards a strategy of lifelong healthy ageing; Chapter 6. CONFRONTING POLICY DILEMMASAND OBSTACLES; 1. Getting the economic fundamentals right; 2. Ensuring policy balance, coherence and complementarity; 3. Better policy co-ordination through a broader ageing strategy; 4. Improving the evidence base; 5. Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Prepared by Christopher Prinz ... and ...Gudrun Biffl"--P. 4.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 179-189).
In Austria, the proportion of persons aged 65 and over to the working-age population will double to 30% by 2050.  Without policy changes, this could lead to higher public expenditures, labour force shortages, and slower economic growth.  This report surveys of the main barriers to employment for older workers, assesses of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to overcome these barriers and presents a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.  It examines the balances between income support and work incentives, methods for encouraging employers to hire and retain workers, and policies for ensuring the employability of older workers.  This report is published in English with a French translation of the Executive Summary and Recommendations.
Older people
Age and employment
Ageing and Employment Policies