Differences between occupations with respect to exit from working life
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Summary, in English
There is in large parts of the world a demographic crisis. Due to the increase in life length and the drop in
birth rates, prospects are that much fewer people of working age will be available in the future to support
those in retirement.
Also Sweden faces a demographic challenge, implying that it will be necessary to make the Swedes
work more years. There is an obvious potential in the age range 65-74 years, where the employment rate is
a mere 15.3 percent, whereas it amounts to about 77 percent in the age range 55-64 years (Statistics
Sweden 2013). The proposals under way focus on revising frameworks hampering working into old age, and
creation of economic incentives for everyone to do so. In this discussion, the role of poor working conditions
boosting premature retirement, is largely left aside. Nevertheless, it is well known that insufficient work ability
in relation to work demands is a strong predictor for early exit from working life (e.g, Ilmarinen 2011). So the
question arises, which ones are the occupational groups that exit working life early, and are working
conditions likely to play a role?
birth rates, prospects are that much fewer people of working age will be available in the future to support
those in retirement.
Also Sweden faces a demographic challenge, implying that it will be necessary to make the Swedes
work more years. There is an obvious potential in the age range 65-74 years, where the employment rate is
a mere 15.3 percent, whereas it amounts to about 77 percent in the age range 55-64 years (Statistics
Sweden 2013). The proposals under way focus on revising frameworks hampering working into old age, and
creation of economic incentives for everyone to do so. In this discussion, the role of poor working conditions
boosting premature retirement, is largely left aside. Nevertheless, it is well known that insufficient work ability
in relation to work demands is a strong predictor for early exit from working life (e.g, Ilmarinen 2011). So the
question arises, which ones are the occupational groups that exit working life early, and are working
conditions likely to play a role?
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Publishing year
2015
Language
Swedish
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Document type
Conference paper: abstract
Topic
- Medical and Health Sciences
- Engineering and Technology
- Social Sciences
Keywords
- demographic challenge
- Sweden
Conference name
The 19th Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA)
Conference date
2015-08-09 - 2016-05-14
Conference place
Melbourne, Australia
Status
Published
Research group
- Social Medicine and Global Health