Aims
Due to demographic changes across Europe, there are strong political interests in maintaining the labour force. TNO led a previous PEROSH project “Ageing of the workforce” which dealt with this issue, but this project has been terminated.
Therefore, it is relevant for PEROSH to pursue collaborative activities in the research field ‘Prolonging working life’. This project aims to determine push and stay factors for labour market participation of older workers across different European countries with different regulations and cultures to thereby better guide initiatives for maintaining older workers at the labour market across Europe.
Furthermore, the project will maintain and expand the existing research collaboration on this topic in PEROSH and serve as a strong platform for future collaboration in relation to future HORIZON Europe calls.
Outcomes
- A report with an overview of studies about prolonging working life across the PEROSH institutes is available here.
- A report with an overview of European datasets and opportunities to investigate relevant research questions about prolonging working life in Europe is available here.
- The 1st International PEROSH Conference on Prolonging Working Life was held online the 25-26th May 2020.
- Professor Lars L. Andersen gave an online webinar about Prolonging Working Life. The 1-hour presentation is freely available here.
- The 3-day NIVA course Prolonging Working Life was held the 12-14th January 2021. The program can be seen here.
- As part of the project a “special issue” about Prolonging Working Life has been published here.
- The 2nd International PEROSH Conference on Prolonging Working Life was a hybrid conference, on 21-22 September in Oslo. The program and presentations can be seen here.
- The 3rd International PEROSH Conference on Prolonging Working Life was also a hybrid conference, on 24-25 October in Leiden.
The project is still ongoing. Main activity is the organisation of biennial, small scale conferences.
