Ageing and the Public Service [electronic resource]: Human Resource Challenges /
Arnould, Emmanuelle.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Pilichowski, Elsa.
Turkisch, Edouard.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2007.
Government workforces are ageing even more rapidly than the rest of society. This raises specific challenges and opportunities. An ageing public service increases fiscal burdens while decreasing immediate capacities to deliver services. In the long run, however, it also offers a strategic opportunity to downsize the public sector workforce if necessary and to change employment conditions and the management of government employees where this is deemed reasonable. This book reviews the experience of 9 OECD member countries in this field. It presents some conclusions on strategies that countries could implement in order to adjust their human resource policies to the wider ageing challenge. 
Also published in French under title: Vieillissement et service public.
Includes bibliographical references.
Review of Country Strategies -- Towards Sustainable Ageing Strategies and Actions for Government -- Country Actions -- The Ageing Challenge -- Executive Summary -- Ageing and the Public Service in Finland -- Ageing and the Public Service in Denmark -- Ageing and the Public Service in Australia -- Ageing and the Public Service in France -- Ageing and the Public Service in Germany -- Ageing and the Public Service in Ireland -- Ageing and the Public Service in Portugal -- Ageing and the Public Service in Italy -- Ageing and the Public Service in the Netherlands.
Government workforces are ageing even more rapidly than the rest of society. This raises specific challenges and opportunities. An ageing public service increases fiscal burdens while decreasing immediate capacities to deliver services. In the long run, however, it also offers a strategic opportunity to downsize the public sector workforce if necessary and to change employment conditions and the management of government employees where this is deemed reasonable. This book reviews the experience of 9 OECD member countries in this field. It presents some conclusions on strategies that countries could implement in order to adjust their human resource policies to the wider ageing challenge. 
Population aging
Population aging
Retirement
Older people
Older people