Activation of elderly people on the labour market in the programs of political parties Cover Image

Aktywizacja osób starszych na rynku pracy w programach ugrupowań politycznych
Activation of elderly people on the labour market in the programs of political parties

Author(s): Katarzyna Peter-Bombik, Agnieszka Szczudlińska-Kanoś
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: labour market; professional activation; the elderly; political parties

Summary/Abstract: The aging of the population, which is shared by most countries of modern Europe, is a major challenge for social policy. Demographic changes cause modifications in the structure of employment and become an impulse for the actions of public authorities aimed at professional activation of previously neglected groups, especially the elderly. A form the activities take depends on decisions of political nature. The purpose of this paper is to assess the level of interest in the major Polish political parties of activation of older persons – made on the basis of their programming documents.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 355
  • Page Range: 44-54
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish