With rapidly aging populations, old-age pension reform and early-retirement schemes alone may not suffice to provide adequate employment opportunities. Additional measures will clearly be needed on wage scales, job discrimination, skills acquisition, and working conditions. Attitudes will also have to change about working later in life. Little is known, however, about what countries have been or should be doing on those issues. This report on Sweden begins a series of around 20 OECD country reports intended to fill the gap. Each contains a survey of the main employment barriers confronting older people, an assessment of existing remedial measures, and policy recommendations for further action.

Chapter 1. Cover and table of contents
Chapter 2. Executive summary and recommendations
Chapter 3. The challenge ahead
Chapter 4. The current labour market situation of older workers
Chapter 5. Protecting people while enhancing work incentives
Chapter 6. Removing demand - side barriers
Chapter 7. Helping older workers to find jobs and to continue working
Chapter 8. Policy coherence and dilemmas