Elderly Left Behind? How Older Workers Can Participate in the Modern Labor Market

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Abstract

In her 2021 State of the Union address, European Commission’s President Ursula von der Leyen announced that “[the EU] will invest in 5G and fiber. But equally important is the investment in digital skills.” Indeed, the EU Recovery and Resilience Facility, which runs until 2026, has earmarked substantial funds to tackle the digital divide, in acknowledgment of the fact that the EU is not only missing ICT specialists but also that many Europeans do not have sufficient digital skills to thrive in today’s society and labor market. Many observers argue that older workers in particular lack digital skills, suffering more often from computer anxiety and showing lower computer self-efficacy (Czaja et al. 2006). This lack of skills hampers their employability and productivity in a technologically fast-changing world.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)16-19
Number of pages4
JournalCESifo Forum
Volume23
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Peer-reviewedYes

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ORCID /0000-0002-6526-9663/work/142244771

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