Labour force behaviour of elderly two adult households: Evidence from EU-countries

This paper studies the effect of individual and spousal characteristics on the labour force participation of elderly two-adult households. The comparative approach studies men and women separately and uses the first 8 waves (1994-2001) of the European Household Panel (ECHP). We compare results between three countries: Finland, a country with a high female labour force participation and Belgium and Germany, countries where female labour force participation is relatively low. Results of multinomial logit model estimations suggest that country differences are substantive and that men and women be... Mehr ...