Two documents on employment and older workers ...

Improving employment opportunities for older workers: Developing a policy framework (PDF)
[Philip Taylor, Cambridge Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing, University of Cambridge - Keynote: Summary of EU expert presentation on Getting the Policy Framework Right at The Ninth EU-Japan Symposium Improving Employment Opportunities for Older Workers - 21-22 March 2002 - Brussels, Belgium] The trend towards early retirement and low employment rates among older workers (in the European Union) have a complex set of causes and that public policy efforts so far have made little impact on the problem. ... Only through an integrated and co-ordinated approach aimed at stimulating the social partners and individual workers to change their behaviour will public policies be able to make a sufficient impact on the employment rates and retirement patterns of older workers. Crucial to the degree of success will be the ability of policy makers to make policies sufficiently sensitive to the peculiar needs of both different groups of workers and employers.

Analysis of ways to improve employment opportunities for older workers (PDF)
[Philip Taylor, Cambridge Interdisciplinary Research Centre on Ageing, University of Cambridge - Report to the European Commission - November 2001] This report examines the issue of age and employment within the context of the European Union. It provides an overview of trends in the labour force participation of older workers and explores factors affecting their employment and orientations to work and retirement. Additionally, evidence on employers� attitudes, policies and practices towards older workers is reviewed.