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Supporting longer lives through a multistage work-life approach

G20 Employment Working Group 1st meeting, February 2019

The labour force is growing older

Average age of the labour force, 1990-2030 (projections for 2018 and beyond)

32 34 36 38 40 42 44 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030

World Africa Americas Arab States Asia and the Pacific Europe and Central Asia

Source: ILOSTAT, ILO Labour Force Estimates and Projections

Work life patterns are changing

Source: ILOSTAT, ILO Labour Force Estimates and Projections

• 15.5
• 6
• 4.6

0.2 6.9 2

• 16.3
• 1.8
• 0.5
• 0.2

3.1

• 1.5
• 20
• 15
• 10
• 5

5 10 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65+ Percentage points Age groups Female Male

Change in labour force participation rates in the G20, by sex and age groups, 1998 and 2018

From a three-stage life to a multistage life

Education Work Retirement

age0 age20 age60

Three-stage model

Self- employment

Training Education

Employment in an organization Mix of paid work and unpaid work

Retirement Flexible work Volunteer

Multistage life

From a three-stage life to a multistage life

Investing in skills ecosystems

Challenges

• Low investments in lifelong

learning systems

• Low adult participation in

training

• Women participate but in a

narrow skills range

• family responsibilities, work

responsibilities, health, age and cost hinder participation

Solutions

• Extension and diversification of

lifelong learning opportunities

• Respecting different needs at

different stages of life

• Financial incentives
• Governance of training systems
• Recognition and certification of all

forms of prior learning

From a three-stage life to a multistage life

Rethinking social protection

Challenges

• Low coverage rates
• Current systems do not

systematically provide protection during transitions

• Financial sustainability of social

security

• Cost of providing social

protection for all

• Gender inequalities

Solutions

• Combine enhanced social

insurance mechanisms with stronger tax-financed provisions to ensure universal coverage throughout the life course

• Eliminate obstacles to

continued coverage during transitions

• Parental leave, portability of SS

benefits, extension of SS to non-wage workers

From a three-stage life to a multistage life

Focus on other policy areas

Challenges

• Negative perceptions and

discrimination

• ALMP target mainly on young

people and long-term unemployed

• Entrepreneurship programmes

don’t cover all population groups

Solutions

• Financial incentives to hire/keep certain

workers

• Strengthen employment services
• Awareness raising campaigns
• Mixed-age teams
• Flexible working arrangements and use
• f technologies
• Entrepreneurship programmes to all

population groups

Policy building blocks

Support transitions and respect people’s preferences and aspirations

a universal entitlement to lifelong learning an effective lifelong learning system more investment in the institutions, policies and strategies that will support people through transitions a guaranteed universal social protection from birth to old age a transformative agenda for gender equality