A number of trends are changing the nature of social risks and increase the importance of human capital, adaptability and flexibility. This paper discusses the usefulness of a life-course perspective in developing proactive social policies that better fit the changing life cycles of individuals who combine formal work with other activities on transitional labor markets. It pays special attention to the accumulation and maintenance of human capital over the life course and stresses that reconciliation of work and family goes beyond child-care facilities and parental leave, and involves the entire life course. In particular, longer and deeper involvement in paid employment allows people to exploit their longer life to reconcile the two ambitions of, first, investing in the next generation as a parent and, second, pursuing a fulfilling career in paid work in which one keeps learning. Greater flexibility of working time over the life course requires more individual responsibility for financing leave. Moreover, rather than shielding older insiders through employment protection, labor-market institutions should enable parents of young children to easily enter and remain in the labor market. Finally, more activating social assistance and in-work benefits should replace the passive income support for breadwinners that results in high minimum-wage floors.
Detalhes
-
Autor
Bovenberg, A.L.
-
Data do documento
2007/11/01
-
TIpo de documento
Documento de Trabalho (Série Numerada)
-
No. do relatório
41759
-
Nº do volume
1
-
Total Volume(s)
1
-
País
-
Região
-
Data de divulgação
2010/07/01
-
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
-
Nome do documento
The life-course perspective and social policies : an issues note
-
Palavras-chave
human capital;Labor Market;average life expectancy at birth;life course;female labor-force participation;high level of employment;young child;Active Labor Market Policies;active labor market policy;female labor force participation;political economy of reform;early retirement;parental leave;employment protection;formal labor market;care for child;Career;highly educated women;adaptable labor force;
- Exibir mais
Downloads
COMPLETAR RELATÓRIO
Versão oficial do documento (pode conter assinaturas, etc.)
- PDF oficial
- TXT*
- Total Downloads** :
- Download Stats
-
*A versão do texto é um OCR incorreto e está incluído unicamente em benefício de usuários com conectividade lenta.