ACTIVE AGE - Urbact
ACTIVE AGE - Urbact
ACTIVE AGE - Urbact
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Municipality of Rome<br />
Lead partner<br />
Fig. 1 - Employment rates across EU Member States for older workers (55-64) by gender,<br />
2008<br />
United Kingdom<br />
Sweden<br />
Finland<br />
Slovakia<br />
Slovenia<br />
Romania<br />
P ortugal<br />
P oland<br />
Austria<br />
Netherlands<br />
Malta<br />
Hungary<br />
Lithuania<br />
Latvia<br />
Cyprus<br />
Italy<br />
France<br />
Spain<br />
Greece<br />
Ireland<br />
Estonia<br />
Germany (including ex-GDR from 1991)<br />
Denmark<br />
Czech Republic<br />
Bulgaria<br />
Belgium<br />
European Union (15 countries)<br />
European Union (27 countries)<br />
Source: Eurostat, EU LFS, 2008<br />
<strong>ACTIVE</strong> <strong>AGE</strong><br />
0,0 10,0 20,0 30,0 40,0 50,0 60,0 70,0 80,0<br />
Female Male T ot<br />
2010 Stockholm target<br />
Early retirement can cover up discriminatory practices (Casey and Laczko 1989). Lack of<br />
incentives on the part of employers to hire older workers (the demand side), and lack of<br />
incentives – indeed, often, disincentives – for older workers to remain at work (supply side)<br />
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