Aging Workers and the Quality of Life
The definition of older persons - or older workers for this matter - varies across countries and contexts. According to the United Nations, for example, older persons are those age 60 and over. EUROSTAT defines older workers as persons aged 55-64 in employment. This definition is also used in the L...| Link(s) zu Dokument(en): | IHS Publikation |
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Springer Science+Business Media
2014
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| Zusammenfassung: | The definition of older persons - or older workers for this matter - varies across countries and contexts. According to the United Nations, for example, older persons are those age 60 and over.
EUROSTAT defines older workers as persons aged 55-64 in employment. This definition is also used in the Lisbon agreements which had set a target of increasing the average EU employment rate among older workers to 50% by 2010. In the occupational health literature, earlier ages of 45 or 50 years tend to be used as the base criterion for inclusion in studies of 'aging workers', because the inclusion of younger 'aging workers' is important for studying the effect of prevention measures (see Ilmarinen, 2001). This entry reviews research on the quality of life (QoL) of older workers. |
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