How to improve the human capital of older workers or the sad tale of the magic bullet.

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Governments across much of the developed world are concerned to increase labour market activity rates and employment among older workers. A variety of policies have been advocated including the improvement of education and training provision. This paper evaluates the role that such provision might play. Clearly it is always designed to, and usually succeeds in, increasing the human capital of its recipients, in the sense that, to varying degrees, knowledge and skills are enhanced. However, if...

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Authors: Mayhew, K; Rijkers, B

• Publication date: 2004-01-01
• Event title: Joint EC-OECD Seminar on Human Capital and Labour Market Performance (Dec 8, 2004 : Brussels)
• Event location: Brussels
• Language: English