Table 1 Changes in employment and unemployment across periods (population % points)
From: Old-age employment and hours of work trends: empirical analysis for four European countries
Age category | Women | Men | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2002–2006 versus 1997–2001 | 2007–2011 versus 2002–2006 | 2002–2006 versus 1997–2001 | 2007–2011 versus 2002–2006 | |||||
ΔER (%) | ΔUR (%) | ΔER (%) | ΔUR (%) | ΔER (%) | ΔUR (%) | ΔER (%) | ΔUR (%) | |
Belgium | ||||||||
25–49 | 2.9 | −0.5 | 4.1 | −0.4 | −1.2 | 0.6 | −0.2 | 0.1 |
50–54 | 9.5 | 0.4 | 8.9 | 0.5 | 1.6 | −0.2 | 3.4 | 0.8 |
55–59 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 11.8 | 1.0 | 4.3 | −0.4 | 7.3 | 0.7 |
60–64 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 2.2 | −0.1 | 4.4 | 0.2 |
France | ||||||||
25–49 | 4.4 | −2.2 | 2.7 | −0.4 | 1.0 | −1.3 | −0.1 | 0.2 |
50–54 | 5.0 | −1.0 | 4.3 | −0.5 | 1.3 | −1.1 | 0.8 | −0.4 |
55–59 | 8.0 | −0.8 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 4.8 | −1.0 | 2.5 | 0.4 |
60–64 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 4.9 | 0.5 |
Germany | ||||||||
25–49 | – | – | 3.6 | −1.8 | – | – | 2.2 | −2.3 |
50–54 | – | – | 6.2 | −2.7 | – | – | 3.2 | −3.0 |
55–59 | – | – | 8.7 | −2.4 | – | – | 6.8 | −3.0 |
60–64 | – | – | 13.2 | 0.5 | – | – | 12.9 | −0.3 |
The Netherlands | ||||||||
25–49 | 5.0 | −0.1 | 4.1 | −0.4 | −0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | −0.2 |
50–54 | 10.9 | 0.1 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 0.7 | −0.1 |
55–59 | 11.6 | 0.5 | 11.9 | 0.5 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 5.8 | 0.5 |
60–64 | 6.7 | 0.1 | 10.4 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 14.0 | 0.9 |