Ageing; Education; Labour market attachment; Labour market exit; Social inequality; Sweden; Sociology and Political Science; Economics, Econometrics and Finance (all)
Abstract :
[en] Purpose: In this paper, the authors attempt to understand how labour market attachment during the ages of 30–59 influences individuals' transition out of the labour market. Design/methodology/approach: Using high-quality Swedish register data, the authors follow individuals born in 1950 and observe their labour market attachment during mid-life and their exit from the labour market. Findings: The authors find evidence that labour market attachment in different stages of the career is differently related to exit from the labour market. At the age of 30, as well as between the ages 50–59, low attachment is related with earlier exit from the labour market. On the contrary, low labour market attachment during the ages 40–49 is related with later exit from the labour market. However, regardless of age, lower labour market attachment increases the risk of work-related benefit receipt in the exit year. The authors also find evidence that gender, migration status and childhood socioeconomic disadvantages may represent obstacles to longer working lives, while high education is a consistent factor in avoiding early exit from the labour market. Originality/value: This study provides insights on the link between labour market attachment in different stages of the career and the exit from the labour market as well as work-related benefits dependency in the year of exit.
Öylü, Gülin ; Department of Culture and Society, Division Ageing and Social Change, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
Focacci, Chiara Natalie ; Université de Liège - ULiège > HEC Liège Research > HEC Liège Research: Changing workplace and strategic HRM ; Department of Culture and Society, Division Ageing and Social Change, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden ; European University Institute, Fiesole, Italy
Serratos-Sotelo, Luis ; Department of Culture and Society, Division Ageing and Social Change, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden ; Department of Economic History, Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University, School of Economics and Management, Lund, Sweden
Motel-Klingebiel, Andreas ; Department of Culture and Society, Division Ageing and Social Change, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden
Kelfve, Susanne; Department of Culture and Society, Division Ageing and Social Change, Linköping University, Norrköping, Sweden ; Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Language :
English
Title :
When we were young: how labour market attachment during mid-life affects labour market exit
Publication date :
2023
Journal title :
International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
ISSN :
0144-333X
eISSN :
1758-6720
Publisher :
Emerald Publishing
Volume :
43
Issue :
13-14
Pages :
245 - 262
Peer reviewed :
Peer Reviewed verified by ORBi
Funding text :
The research programme EIWO is funded by the Swedish Research Council for Health, Working Life and Welfare (FORTE), (grant number: 2019-01245) More information on the research programme and the programme consortium can be found at http://www.eiwoproject.org/
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