Demographic and labour market change: The dynamics of older workers in the Scottish Labour Market

Scottish Geographical Journal

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 242-256

  Hollywood, Emma ^a   Brown, Ross ^b   Danson, Mike ^c   McQuaid, Ronald ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Enterprise ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Employment; Employment policy; Older workers; Scotland

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; LABOR POLICY; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 50249140639     PISSN: 14702541     EISSN: 1751665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14702540802189677     Document Type: Review

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