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The effects of under‐skilling on need for recovery, losing employment and retirement intentions among older office workers: A prospective cohort study
Author(s) -
GOMMANS Fleur G.,
JANSEN Nicole W.H.,
STYNEN Dave,
KANT IJmert,
de GRIP Andries
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/ilr.12029
Subject(s) - cohort , psychological intervention , sample (material) , demographic economics , cohort study , business , psychology , labour economics , medicine , economics , nursing , chemistry , chromatography , pathology
Based on a sample of older workers from the Maastricht Cohort Study, the authors investigate the prevalence and dynamics of self‐reported under‐skilling and its effects on workers' need for recovery, their risk of losing employment and their retirement intentions over a two‐year period. They find that being under‐skilled is associated both with higher levels of need for recovery over time and with the risk of losing employment, but not with early retirement intentions. To achieve sustainable employment, they argue, the course of under‐skilling should be monitored throughout workers' careers, enabling timely interventions to avoid its negative consequences.