An ageing population and lower birth rates are increasing financial pressure on the welfare systems of many countries. This has led to a focus on helping more older workers remain in work to the statutory pension age and beyond. Although many underline the health-promoting aspects of work, the research evidence is still scarce. To a large degree, it depends on individual resources as well as career, job and workplace characteristics over the life course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Through innovative use of register data and panel-survey data, we will investigate whether prolonged working careers benefit or harm health. The project will among other things identify the prevalence of (chronic) illness\/disease in the total population, both prior to, and after retirement, and how working conditions and occupational exposures affect this. A special focus will be on the variation in health by occupations, gender and country (Norway, Denmark and Sweden).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Project period:<\/strong> 2021-2028<\/p>\n\n\n\n Project leader:<\/strong> Karl-Christian Nordby<\/p>\n\n\n\n Project group members:<\/strong> Ingrid Sivesind Mehlum, Karina Undem, Rachel Hasting<\/p>\n\n\n\n Research area:<\/strong> Epidemiology and social conditions<\/p>\n\n\n\n External collaborators: <\/strong>Fafo (Norway), Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), The Danish Center for Social Science Research (Denmark)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Financing: <\/strong>Research Council of Norway (NFR) (project 325646)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional info:<\/strong> Link to NFR website: Work and Health in Old Age – For whom is continued work beneficial to health? – Prosjektbanken<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n