Sunday, March 21, 2010

When Is Somebody Too Old to Work?

The European Social Survey has an interesting question asking

"After what age would you say a (woman/man) is generally too old to be working 20
hours or more per week?"

In Ukraine, the average reply is 54 for women and 59 for men - which is the lowest for all countries surveyed (see figure 2 in vetnet.mixxt.org/networks/files/download.7584)

This suggest that attempts to increase the pension age will not be well received. One possible solution is to reframe the discussion in terms of years worked, like in 'a person can get a full pension after X years of working' (something they are trying to do now in Belgium).

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