Managing an Aging Workforce and a Tight Labor Market: Views Held by Dutch Employers

As in most other Western countries the population of the Netherlands is aging, and this is having major implications for the labor market. The consequences have a quantitative and a qualitative dimension and are felt both at a macro level and within individual organizations. The quantitative dimensi...

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Published in:Population research and policy review 2003-02, Vol.22 (1), p.21-40
Main Authors: Remery, Chantal, Henkens, Kène, Schippers, Joop, Ekamper, Peter
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Age and employment
Aging
Baby boomers
Demography
Disability
Early retirement
Earnings
Economic growth
Elderly
Employees
Employers
Employment
Gender
Human capital
Human resource management
Labor demand
Labor economics
Labor force
Labor Market
Labor markets
Labor policy
Labor sector
Labor shortages
Labor supply
Labour market
Netherlands
Old age
Older workers
Personnel Management
Policy studies
Polls & surveys
Productivity
Public services
Social Attitudes
Staffing
Statistical analysis
Studies
Trends
Workforce
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Summary:As in most other Western countries the population of the Netherlands is aging, and this is having major implications for the labor market. The consequences have a quantitative and a qualitative dimension and are felt both at a macro level and within individual organizations. The quantitative dimensions addresses issues such as whether there are, and will be enough employees to fill all jobs, and what the consequences of the new labor market conditions will be, for wage structures and wage trends. The qualitative dimension deals with the question whether suitable candidates can be found for available jobs. This issue affects the labor force as a whole, but should in principle also be addressed by each individual employer. This article presents the results of a large-scale survey among employers, setting forth how they look upon the trend of an aging workforce and its implications, and how they are responding to and anticipating these trends.
ISSN:0167-5923
1573-7829
DOI:10.1023/A:1023543307473