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Transitions between states of labor-force participation among older Israelis

verfasst von: Leah Achdut, Aviad Tur-Sinai, Rita Troitsky

Erschienen in: European Journal of Ageing | Ausgabe 1/2015

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Abstract

The study examines the labor-force behavior of Israelis at older ages, focusing on the determinants of the transitions between states of labor-force participation between 2005 and 2010. The study uses panel data from the first two waves of the SHARE-Israel longitudinal survey. A multinomial logit model is used to examine the impact of sociodemographic characteristics, health state, and economic resources on labor-force transitions of people aged 50–67. The results emphasize the role of age and poor health in “pushing” older people out of the labor force or “keeping” them there. Spouse’s participation is found to encourage individuals to leave the labor force or to refrain from joining it. However, living with a participating spouse is negatively associated with staying out of the labor force, consistent with the dominance of the complementarity of leisure effect found in the literature. Wealth as an economic resource available to individuals for retirement is also found to encourage individuals to leave the labor force or to refrain from joining it.

For the purpose of the descriptive statistics, we use the sample weights of Wave 1, whereas the multivariate econometric analysis is carried out with no weighting of the sample.

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Titel: Transitions between states of labor-force participation among older Israelis
verfasst von: Leah Achdut
Aviad Tur-Sinai
Rita Troitsky
Publikationsdatum: 01.03.2015
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: European Journal of Ageing / Ausgabe 1/2015
Print ISSN: 1613-9372
Elektronische ISSN: 1613-9380
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-014-0328-6

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