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Le faible taux d'emploi des seniors. Distance à l'entrée dans la vie active ou distance à la retraite ?

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  • Jean-Olivier Hairault
  • François Langot
  • Thepthida Sopraseuth

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In a recent work (Hairault et al., 2006), we claim that the short distance to retirement constitutes one of the main economic mechanisms behind the low employment rate of older workers. As a result, delaying the retirement age could boost employment at the end of the working life. Our view has been challenged by Benallah et al. (2008) who underline that the distance to retirement found in our previous work could actually reflect the distance from entry (experience effect). In this paper, we propose more convincing identification strategies that tend to strengthen our previous results. JEL classification: J20, J26.

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  • Jean-Olivier Hairault & François Langot & Thepthida Sopraseuth, 2009. "Le faible taux d'emploi des seniors. Distance à l'entrée dans la vie active ou distance à la retraite ?," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(2), pages 63-84.
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    1. Jean-Olivier Hairault & François Langot & Thepthida Sopraseuth, 2008. "Pour une retraite choisie. L'emploi des séniors," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) halshs-00311096, HAL.
    2. Jean-Olivier Hairault & Francois Langot & Thepthida Sopraseuth, 2010. "Distance to Retirement and Older Workers' Employment: The Case for Delaying the Retirement Age," Journal of the European Economic Association, MIT Press, vol. 8(5), pages 1034-1076, September.
    3. Hairault, Jean-Olivier & Langot, François & Sopraseuth, Thepthida, 2005. "Les effets à rebours de l'âge de la retraite sur le taux d'emploi des seniors," CEPREMAP Working Papers (Docweb) 0513, CEPREMAP.
    4. Samia Benallah & Cindy Duc & François Legendre, 2008. "Peut-on expliquer le faible taux d'emploi des seniors en France ?," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(2), pages 19-54.
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    Keywords

    older workers' employment rate; retirement experience;

    JEL classification:

    • J20 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - General
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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