TY  - JOUR
AU  - Jousten, Alain
AU  - Lefebvre, Mathieu
TI  - Older Men’s Labor Force Participation in Belgium
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 24669
PY  - 2018
Y2  - May 2018
DO  - 10.3386/w24669
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w24669
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w24669.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Alain Jousten
University of Liege
Law Faculty, HEC-ULg and Tax Institute
Place des Orateurs 3
4000 Liege 1
BELGIUM
E-Mail: ajousten@ulg.ac.be

Mathieu Lefebvre
BETA University of Strasbourg
CREPP - Universite de Liege
Bvd du Rectorat 7 (B31) - B4000 Liège
Tel: ++32 4 366 31 03
Fax: ++32 4 366 31 06
E-Mail: mathieu.lefebvre@ulg.ac.be
M1  - published as Alain Jousten, Mathieu Lefebvre. "Older Men’s Labor Force Participation in Belgium," in Courtney C. Coile, Kevin Milligan, and David A. Wise, editors, "Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Working Longer" University of Chicago Press (2019)

M3  - presented at "International Social Security Project (Working Longer)", May 1, 2018
AB  - The paper studies the labor market participation of older workers in Belgium over the last 3 decades. It outlines the changes to the institutional framework of relevance for labor market participation and employment. Drawing on data from the European Union Labour Force Survey (LFS) over the period 1983-2013, we provide evidence of the trends in participation in (early-) retirement routes. We also explore how the jobs occupied by older workers have changed over time, both in terms of their “quality” and the “quantity” of work involved. Part-time work is found to become more common, though with different attributes for men and women. 
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