Retirement on grounds of ill health
Open Access
- 1 February 2005
- journal article
- review article
- Published by BMJ in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Vol. 62 (2), 135-140
- https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.2004.015669
Abstract
Leaving the labour market before old age pension requires alternative sources of income. Across Europe, there are many ways to bridge the time between early exit and old age pension. Depending on the configuration, availability, and generosity of such pathways, countries use different strategies of externalisation and integration of older and/or disabled workers. Integration strategies support employment among these groups, whereas externalisation strategies transfer the risk of old or sick employees to the social security system. Because of generous entering conditions in different social security programmes, many countries have adopted such an externalisation strategy. As a result, the number of premature labour market withdrawals has increased dramatically.Keywords
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