55-70-year-olds staying on the labour market.

In the long term, society will need labour, and this challenge can be counteracted by helping more elderly people to stay longer on the labour market.
This report is a survey of which motivating circumstances and barriers exist to get 55-70-year-olds to continue working after they turn 60 years old.
Among other things, the survey shows that the desire to give a higher priority to family and leisure time is the greatest barrier to getting more people to postpone their retirement. Conversely more people will remain longer on the labour market, if the workplace provides specific possibilities for this, and if the management indicates a wish to retain the elderly longer. The many 55-59-year-olds who expect to retire by no later than at 62 years constitute an important target group in relation to getting more people to stay longer on the labour market, and so do women, low-skilled workers, public employees and people with reduced working hours, as these are the groups expected to retire earliest.
The results are based on a new questionnaire survey of 55-70-year-olds, most of whom were wage earners when they were selected. The survey has been commissioned and financed by the National Labour Market Authority.