Job search requirements for older unemployed workers

Artikel

Many OECD countries have, or have had, a policy that exempts older unemployed people from the requirement to search for a job. An aging population and low participation by older workers in the labor market increasingly place public finances under strain, and spur calls for policy measures that activate labor force participation by older workers. Introducing job search requirements for the older unemployed aims to increase their re-employment rates. Abolishing the exemption from job search requirements for these workers has been shown to initiate higher outflow rates from unemployment for the older unemployed.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Journal: IZA World of Labor ; ISSN: 2054-9571 ; Year: 2016 ; Bonn: Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
• Subject: search effort ; job search ; policy evaluation ; older workers ; job applications

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Bloemen, Hans
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2016

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.15185/izawol.235
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/148460
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET