Learning as Precondition to Stay Active in Labour Market for Elder People

Abstract

Nowadays society is getting older in European countries. Technologies, speed of life requires higher level of abilities and competencies. People who are 55 and older are very experienced in their workplace but some of them cannot catch changes in their professional area. Quantitative research results demonstrate that learning is one of important factors which helps to stay active in labor market for longer time. People participate in different learning activities to get more professional competencies or to change qualification, to get higher salary or learning was required from employer. The main barriers for learning were mentioned: lack of time, no needed learning at all and lack of information. People who have longer tradition and personal motivation use different learning ways more often, and they say that learning as precondition to stay active in labor market for elder people.

Factors affecting the working life lenght of older people in the European Union

“…Older people who choose to work in retirement age are mainly employed part-time (Vodopivec, Arunatilake 2011;European Commission, Eurostat 2020;Mao, Normand 2022) or decide to start a business (Wahrendorf et al 2017;European Commission, Eurostat 2020) when they experience a higher level of life satisfaction (Axelrad et al 2020). Education and training (McNair 2006;Fuchs 2013;Rutkiene, Lengviniene 2016;Kadlecova 2018;Midtsundstad, Nielsen 2019;Ambarova, Zborovsky 2019;Blien, Hirschenauer 2020) is an important and supportive prerequisite for older people remaining economically active in the labor market. Another decisive factor in prolonging the working life of older people is their health status (Wahrendorf et al 2016;Wahrendorf et al 2017;Ćwirlej-Sozańska et al 2018 Cristea et al 2020).…”