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Older male labour force participation: the role of social security and hidden unemployment

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  • Martin J. O’Brien

    (University of Newcastle)

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This paper examines the role played by social security provisions and hidden unemployment in influencing trends in older male labour force participation in Australia. The paper concludes that labour demand constraints have been the dominant explanatory force behind the decline in older male labour force participation rates over recent decades in Australia. The results presented in the paper challenge the consensus developed in previous Australian studies that labour supply incentives have been the primary force influencing movements in older male labour force participation rates. Furthermore, various estimates of older male hidden unemployment presented in the paper suggest that potentially large unemployment rates are concealed beneath relatively modest 'official' recorded estimates. The findings presented in the paper challenge the supply side policy stance toward older workers' labour force participation adopted for an ageing society setting.

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  • Martin J. O’Brien, 2000. "Older male labour force participation: the role of social security and hidden unemployment," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 4(3), pages 206-223, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ozl:journl:v:4:y:2001:i:3:p:206-223
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    Cited by:

    1. Robert Dixon & John Freebairn & Guay Lim, 2007. "Time-varying equilibrium rates of unemployment: an analysis with Australian data," Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE), Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, vol. 10(4), pages 205-225.
    2. O'Brien, Martin, 2005. "Older Male Workers and Job Mobility in Australia," Economics Working Papers wp05-04, School of Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.
    3. Johann Fuchs & Enzo Weber, 2017. "Long-term unemployment and labour force participation: a decomposition of unemployment to test for the discouragement and added worker hypotheses," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 49(60), pages 5971-5982, December.
    4. Fuchs, Johann & Weber, Brigitte, 2010. "Umfang und Struktur der westdeutschen Stillen Reserve : Aktualisierte Schätzungen (Extent and structure of the hidden labour force in Western German)," IAB-Forschungsbericht 201011, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    5. Jeff Borland, 2005. "Transitions to Retirement: A Review," Melbourne Institute Working Paper Series wp2005n03, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne.
    6. O'Brien, Martin, 2004. "Hidden Unemployment and Older Male Workers," Economics Working Papers wp04-02, School of Economics, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia.

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    Keywords

    Labor Force and Employment; Size; and Structure (by Industry; Occupation; Demographic Characteristics; etc.) Retirement; Retirement Policies National Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs;
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    JEL classification:

    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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