2017
DOI: 10.1007/s12651-017-0221-9
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The labor market for older workers in Germany

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“…This age was increased to 57 in 1992, and since 1995, the retirement rules have been similar in eastern and western Germany. Today, unemployment is generally higher in eastern than in western Germany, including among older workers (Steiner 2017). However, the East-West differences in unemployment rates have decreased somewhat since unification.…”
Section: The Legacy Of the East-west Dividementioning
confidence: 99%
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“…This age was increased to 57 in 1992, and since 1995, the retirement rules have been similar in eastern and western Germany. Today, unemployment is generally higher in eastern than in western Germany, including among older workers (Steiner 2017). However, the East-West differences in unemployment rates have decreased somewhat since unification.…”
Section: The Legacy Of the East-west Dividementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This steady increase was likely caused, first, by the relatively strong performance of the German labor market in most of the years we covered; and, second, by pension and labor market reforms (Hess et al 2021). However, it is difficult to attribute this increase to specific reforms, as there have been many overlapping changes (Steiner 2017). While changes in the composition of cohorts, such as increasing educational attainment, likely also contributed to these trends, other factors have played a role as well.…”
Section: Main Findingsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, the situation was already improving in times of weak economic and employment growth -thus, it is not only growth-induced. Pension and labour market reforms can claim a considerable share of success for increasing the number of older workers (Steiner, 2017).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In Germany, a number of relevant institutional changes have been implemented in the 1990s and at the beginning of the new millennium. They have considerably increased work incentives for older workers (Dietz and Walwei, 2011;Steiner, 2017). Already at the end of the 1990s, the retirement age for unemployed, women, disabled and long-term insured 1 increased.…”
Section: Labour Marketmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Concerning the regulation of retirement, from the late 1990s onwards, Germany implemented a series of reforms with a view to encourage labour force participation of older workers and discouraging early retirement. The retirement age was raised from 65 to 67 and public subsidies for the partial retirement schemes were terminated (Dietz & Walwei, 2011; Steiner, 2017). Although the option of early retirement for welfare recipients is available at the age of 63, it is connected to a loss of retirement income of 0.3% for every month of early retirement, hence, making this option rather unattractive to the most welfare recipients.…”
Section: Institutional Contextmentioning
confidence: 99%