ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
New Technology and Loss of Paid Employment among Older Workers: Prospective Cohort Study.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- The use of individual and collective selection, optimisation and compensation (SOC) strategies and their association with work ability among senior workers.European journal of ageing · 2024Article
- The use and potential impact of digital health tools at the community level: results from a multi-country survey of community health workers.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Work-limiting musculoskeletal pain and its association with loss of paid employment among senior workers: prospective cohort study with register follow-up.European journal of public health · 2023Article
- Expected reasons for leaving the labour market and loss of paid employment among older workers: prospective cohort study.BMC public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study investigates the association between the implementation of new technology in the workplace and the subsequent loss of paid employment among older workers.
methodsWe estimated the prospective risk of loss of paid employment (register-based) from questions on new technology among 10,320 older workers (≥50 years). To investigate potential differences between work types, analyses were stratified by job function: (1) work with symbols (office, administration, analysis, IT), (2) work with people (people, service, care), (3) work in the field of production (processing, producing or moving things).
resultsThe introduction of new technology at the workplace reduced the risk of losing paid employment among older workers working with symbols (risk ratio [RR] 0.74, 95% CI 0.72-0.76) and in the field of production (RR 0.83, 95% CI 0.80-0.85), whereas new technology increased this risk among those working with people (RR 1.22, 95% CI 1.19-1.26). Being involved in the introduction of new technology and receiving adequate training in its use decreased the risk of loss of paid employment.
conclusionsDepending on the context, the introduction of new technology at work associates positively as well as negatively with future labour market participation among older workers. Worker involvement and adequate training in the use of new technology seem to be important for retaining workers in the labour market.
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