Living longer, working longer: analysing time trends in working life expectancy in Germany from a health perspective between 2002 and 2018.

ABSTRACT: Population ageing poses growing challenges to social security systems, in particular to public pension funds. The study analyses how Working Life Expectancy (WLE) and Healthy Working Life Expectancy (HWLE) in terms of three health indicators developed in Germany. Based on the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) from 2002 to 2018 (n = 211,141), time trends in labour force rates, mental and physical Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL), self-rated health (SRH) and the respective combinations (health indicator*labour force) were analysed for all respondents aged 18-74. WLE and HWLE were calculated using the Sullivan method. WLE and HWLE in men and women at age 18 and 50 clearly increased over time. These increases in HWLE were found in terms of all three health indicators. This devel

SUBMITTER: Heller C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9729498 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature