{"title":"Carrots, sticks and old-age retirement. A review of the literature on the effects of the 2005 and 2017 pension reforms in Finland","authors":"S. Nivalainen, Sanna Tenhunen, Noora Järnefelt","doi":"10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2020-02-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2020-02-02","url":null,"abstract":"This article reviews the behavioural effects of Finland’s pension reforms in 2005 and 2017. With employment rates in older age groups at relatively low levels, both these reforms aimed to encourage later retirement and introduced a flexible old-age retirement age, initially between ages 63–68 and progressively raised to 65–70 years. However, the two reforms differed notably in terms of the means adopted. The 2005 reform relied heavily on “carrots”, i.e. individual choices and financial incentives. In the 2017 reform, “sticks” had a much bigger role, raising the age of eligibility for old-age pension. We consider how the behavioural effects of these two policies differed from each other. The article reviews the existing literature on pre-reform policy evaluations concerning the effects of the pension reforms and explores actual post-reform retirement behaviour based on studies that use register and survey data. It is shown that the 2005 reform failed to induce later retirement, and that employees in higher socio-economic positions benefited more from financial incentives associated with later retirement. In this regard, the 2017 reform, which will automat-ically increase retirement age via a higher age of eligibility, treats different socio-economic groups more equally.","PeriodicalId":165032,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122937038","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. E. Solem, R. Salomon, Hans Christoffer Aargaard Terjesen
{"title":"Does a raised mandatory retirement age influence managers’ attitudes to older workers?","authors":"P. E. Solem, R. Salomon, Hans Christoffer Aargaard Terjesen","doi":"10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2020-02-05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2020-02-05","url":null,"abstract":"As a part of an international extending working life trend, Norway recently raised the mandatory retirement age (MRA) from 70 to 72 years. This article discusses possible effects on managers’ attitudes and behaviour towards older workers. This is of particular interest because employers’ federations and central unions opposed the reform as they feared considerable negative consequences both for older workers and for employers. Data are collected by mixed methods. The Norwegian Senior Policy Barometer for the years 2013 through 2018 interviewed managers in 600 private sector companies each year. In addition, qualitative interviews were performed with managers and HR directors in 19 companies with employees 67 years and older. The results indicate that the fear of negative effects was exaggerated. We find no clear changes in the years around the implementation of the new MRA in the rather positive conceptions of older workers, in the more modest desire to recruit older workers, or in the reluctance to call applicants above 58 years of age in for interview. The government launched the reform to, in the long run, encourage higher employment in older age groups and to eliminate age discrimination in working life. To confirm or refute such changes requires further studies in the years to come.","PeriodicalId":165032,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116514048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An interactional perspective on age management for prolonged working life","authors":"Roy Liff, E. Wikström","doi":"10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2020-02-06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2020-02-06","url":null,"abstract":"There is a need for an expanded perspective on age management that draws attention to the interaction between employers and employees in order to understand organisational capa-bility for a prolonged working life. The way in which workplaces are managed is of central importance to people’s ability and willingness to continue to work. At the individual level, the timing of retirement depends on the individual’s health, job satisfaction, competence, social inclusion and family life, as well as pension benefits. These are conclusions from previous studies on age management, and they indicate that the individual’s decision to stay in a workplace and ability to work longer depends on a complex interaction between the per-son’s preferences and health as well as social networks and work environment (see e.g. Brooke & Taylor, 2005; Furunes, Mykletun & Solem, 2011). Previous studies and perspectives on age management have also noted that managers’ conceptions of older workers and employers’ interests in retaining older employees are of great importance for when an employee retire. Central to such assumptions is the managers’ views of older people’s knowledge and know-how, conceptions of older employees’ ability to develop as well as normative conceptions of what is an appropriate retirement age. For example, Henkens (2005) has shown that managers often assume that older people find it difficult to learn new things and accept organisational changes. Another study shows that employers have interest in and motivation to implement organisational changes to adapt the conditions for","PeriodicalId":165032,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132341560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The demise of the rural Nordic region? Analysis of regional population trends in the Nordic countries, 1990 to 2040","authors":"T. Heleniak, Nora E. Sánchez Gassen","doi":"10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2020-01-05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2020-01-05","url":null,"abstract":"The population of the Nordic region has grown substantially during recent decades, though most of this growth has been in urban regions. While the Nordic countries are projected to see continued population growth in the future, almost all of the increase will be concentrated in urban centres, with population decline or stagnation in many rural municipalities. This will make it difficult for these regions to remain economically competitive and for national governments to provide a uniform level of services across entire countries. This article provides policymakers at the national, regional, and municipal levels with projections of the size, composition, and geographic distribution of rural populations in the Nordic countries in 2040. In total, remote rural regions will not become depopulated and are projected to grow moderately from 5.3 to 5.5 million persons to 2040, though many will experience significant declines in their total and working-age populations and will have much older age structures. For many rural municipalities in the Nordic region, their population peak was at some point in the distant past, and they should therefore develop policies based on smaller populations.","PeriodicalId":165032,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130998536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Á. Arnarsson, Thomas Potrebny, T. Torsheim, C. Eriksson
{"title":"Time-trends in Nordic adolescents’ communication with their parents","authors":"Á. Arnarsson, Thomas Potrebny, T. Torsheim, C. Eriksson","doi":"10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-06","url":null,"abstract":"Adolescence is an important developmental period toward greater independence. However, the family is still very important in the life of young people. The aim of this study was to analyse changes o ...","PeriodicalId":165032,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129768851","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Thorsteinsson, Thomas Potrebny, Á. Arnarsson, J. Tynjälä, R. Välimaa, C. Eriksson
{"title":"Trends in sleeping difficulty among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002–2014","authors":"E. Thorsteinsson, Thomas Potrebny, Á. Arnarsson, J. Tynjälä, R. Välimaa, C. Eriksson","doi":"10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-05","url":null,"abstract":"Sleep has been found to be an important factor in adolescents’ mental and physical health. The aim of the present study was to examine trends in sleep difficulty (i.e., difficulty falling asleep mo ...","PeriodicalId":165032,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research","volume":"619 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116204191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P. Due, C. Eriksson, T. Torsheim, Thomas Potrebny, R. Välimaa, S. Suominen, M. Rasmussen, C. Currie, M. Damgaard
{"title":"Trends in high life satisfaction among adolescents in five Nordic countries 2002–2014","authors":"P. Due, C. Eriksson, T. Torsheim, Thomas Potrebny, R. Välimaa, S. Suominen, M. Rasmussen, C. Currie, M. Damgaard","doi":"10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-03","url":null,"abstract":"Life satisfaction is an important indicator when assessing positive mental health aspects in populations, including among adolescents. The aim of this study was to investigate trends over time in p ...","PeriodicalId":165032,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research","volume":"77 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114815504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Eriksson, Á. Arnarsson, M. T. Damsgaard, Thomas Potrebny, S. Suominen, T. Torsheim, P. Due
{"title":"Building knowledge of adolescent mental health in the Nordic countries","authors":"C. Eriksson, Á. Arnarsson, M. T. Damsgaard, Thomas Potrebny, S. Suominen, T. Torsheim, P. Due","doi":"10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18261/issn.2464-4161-2019-02-02","url":null,"abstract":"Adolescence is an important developmental period. Young people face many pressures and challenges, including growing academic expectations, changing social relationships with family and peers, and ...","PeriodicalId":165032,"journal":{"name":"Nordisk välfärdsforskning | Nordic Welfare Research","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116960403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}