Late careers and career exits of older Danish workers

Globalization has been transforming national economies and individual careers in recent decades, and not least the late careers of older workers. Restructuring and rationalization pressures have triggered a visible increase in early labor force withdrawal in most western industrialized countries in recent decades, though with nation-specific variations in the magnitude and pace of this trend. This variation can be traced back to a country's institutional regime, as reflected in labor markets and welfare systems (Buchholz et al. and Hofacker and Pollnerová, both this volume). Denmark is undoubtedly a challenging case in this context for analyzing older workers' labor market behavior under globalization.