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Delaying Retirement in Germany and Europe

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Challenges of Aging

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Over the last decade, the previously low labor force participation of older workers in Germany has risen. In 2012 the rate of workers aged 55–64 in employment was at 69/55 (male/female) per cent compared with 47/28 per cent in 1998 (the current EU-27 average is 56/42; cf. Noll & Weick, 2013, p. 11). However, participation drops sharply after the age of 60, although this is the age group with the largest rise in employment (Nowossadeck & Vogel, 2013, p. 7).

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Bauknecht, J., Naegele, G. (2015). Delaying Retirement in Germany and Europe. In: Torp, C. (eds) Challenges of Aging. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137283177_10

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