Population Aging and Trends in the Provision of Continued Education

Abstract

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Further Training for Older Workers: A Solution for an Ageing Labour Force?

“…This is especially relevant since older workers are among those with the highest need for training (European Commission, 2004), but have a very low training incidence (Tippelt et al 2009;D' Addio et al 2010;Maximiano, 2011). Findings from recent years indicate an increase in the participation of older German workers in training (Riphahn & Trübswetter, 2006; which may reflect a change in employers' attitudes towards their older workers (D ' Addio et al 2010). Raising investments in the training of older workers can assist to improve their productivity by developing new skills and improving old ones (OECD, 2006).…”

“…Findings from recent years indicate a positive development in the participation of older workers in training (Shields, 1998;Riphahn & Trübswetter, 2006;Montizaan et al 2010;. Shields (1998), for example, investigated the changes in the determinants of training over time (between 1984 and 1994) using the UK's Labour Force Surveys (LFS).…”

“…Furthermore, a study conducted by Montizaan et al (2010) examined the effect of changes in pension benefits on the participation of workers in training, using matched survey data and administrative data in the Netherlands for male workers working in the public sector. They compared workers who are entitled to the old generous pension schemes (born before 1 January 1950) with workers who born after the break and are With respect to Germany, findings from recent years indicate an increase in the incidence of training of older workers which is parallel to the increase in the duration of employment (Riphahn & Trübswetter, 2006;. Riphahn and Trübswetter (2006) used data from the German Mikrozensus for the years 1996 and 2004 to investigate the progress over the years in the participation of older workers in training activities (taken in the previous year).…”

“…They compared workers who are entitled to the old generous pension schemes (born before 1 January 1950) with workers who born after the break and are With respect to Germany, findings from recent years indicate an increase in the incidence of training of older workers which is parallel to the increase in the duration of employment (Riphahn & Trübswetter, 2006;. Riphahn and Trübswetter (2006) used data from the German Mikrozensus for the years 1996 and 2004 to investigate the progress over the years in the participation of older workers in training activities (taken in the previous year). They hypothesize that the effect of the age parameter on the probability to participate in training at older ages is getting weaker.…”

“…Similar to the findings of Shields (1998), their findings suggest that older German workers received more training over the years. According to Riphahn and Trübswetter (2006), despite the gap in the probability of training in favour of younger workers which is remained also in 2004, the positive rise over the years in older workers' training may indicate a change in employers' behavior towards older workers.…”