Problem

Unemployment of educated older people

Other Names:
Failure to employ skills of educated elderly people
Premature retirement of people with valuable skills
Unemployed executives
Corporate redundancies
Nature:

Life expectancy from age 65 is increasing, yet the incentives to continue working after age 65 are decreasing. The twin trends of longer life expectancy and (forced) early retirement are leading to increased unemployment among educated elderly people.

Subject(s):
Commerce Business enterprises
Education Educational level
Social Activity Employers
Social Activity Executives, supervisors
Social Activity Human resources
Social Activity Retirement
Social Activity Unemployment
Societal Problems Failure
Society Elderly
Society People
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-beingGOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Problem Type:
E: Emanations of other problems
Date of last update
06.08.2019 – 19:16 CEST