Hans Martin Hasselhorn

Bergische Universität Wuppertal | Uni-Wuppertal, BUW · Occupational Health Science

Zusammenfassung Der Beitrag beschreibt die Arbeits- und Lebenssituation älterer Beschäftigter in Deutschland in Hinblick auf Basisarbeit (BA). Grundlage ist Welle 4 der repräsentativen lidA-Studie. Von 7279 Erwerbstätigen (Jg. 1959, 1965, 1971) waren 1651 (22,7 %) der Gruppe der BA zuzuordnen. Die Befunde zur BA-Gruppe Level 2 („längere Einarbeitun...

Objectives The objective of the study was to investigate the contribution of work factors and health-related lifestyle to educational inequalities in physical health among older workers in Ger-many by applying causal mediation analysis with longitudinal data. Methods Data from the German lidA study was used. 2653 persons (53% female, 47% male) ag...

In diesem Beitrag werden die Erwerbsperspektive der älteren sozialversicherungspflichtigen Beschäftigten in Deutschland (prospektiv) sowie Erwerbsausstiegsgründe bei Personen, die eine vorzeitige Altersrente oder eine Erwerbsminderungsrente beziehen (retrospektiv), betrachtet. Datenbasis ist die 2022/2023 erhobene 4. Welle der repräsentativen lidA-...

In times of demographic change, better job quality is needed to promote health and thereby extend employment participation among older workers. Past research has focussed on the investigation of single job quality characteristics, but neglected their combined effects on health and employment. To address this limitation, we have built upon an establ...

Jüngere arbeitsmarkt- und sozialpolitische Reformen fokussieren vermehrt darauf, Bezieherinnen und Bezieher von Erwerbsminderungsrenten zurück in ein Beschäftigungsverhältnis zu bringen. Bislang ist jedoch wenig darüber bekannt, inwiefern Erwerbsminderungsverrentete noch einmal ins Erwerbsleben zurückkehren und in welchem Ausmaß noch weitere Renten...

Background In the context of extending working life policies in Germany, this study examines how long older workers want to and can remain in the labor force and how actual changes in working conditions affect their employment perspectives.Methods The analyses are based on data from the second (2014) and third (2018) waves of the German lidA cohort...

Zusammenfassung Zielsetzung Ziel des Betrages ist es, die Erwerbsperspektive von älteren Beschäftigten in Berufen des Gesundheitsdienstes im Berufsgruppenvergleich darzustellen. Dabei werden drei Aspekte der Erwerbsperspektive unterschieden: bis zu welchem Alter die Beschäftigten noch arbeiten wollen, können und planen. Methoden Datengrundlage sind...

Objective The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of work factors, health, and work ability to social inequalities in early exit from employment among older employees in Germany. Methods Longitudinal data from the representative German lidA Cohort study was linked with employment register data to obtain maximum information on ex...

Background and objectiveThere is broad evidence that adverse working conditions have a negative impact on employment participation and the workers’ employment perspective. It is often discussed and assumed that this association is mediated by poor health, referring to the so-called ill health pathway, although this has never explicitly been investi...

The way in which retirement is conceptualized and measured is likely to influence the research findings. The previous literature has addressed a wide range of elements related to the complex work-to-retirement process, such as early, late and partial retirement, statutory retirement, work disability and unemployment paths to retirement, or differen...

Objectives: The aim of this discussion paper is to (i) identify the differentiated roles of health in the work-retirement transition, and, with respect to these, (ii) highlight topics related to conceptual and methodological problems and challenges in research, and (iii) present avenues for future research. Methods: This discussion paper summari...

Online presentation ICOH 2022 What does the “early exit culture” in Germany really mean on micro-, meso- and macro-level? Hans Martin Hasselhorn University of Wuppertal Introduction: Germany has since long an „early exit culture“ (EEC) meaning that most workers anticipate their exit from working life much earlier than at legal retirement age. This...

In light of a large proportion of older workers leaving the German labour market in the near future, policy makers aim to extend working lives to ensure sustainability of the social security system. In this context, safe and healthy working conditions are considered a precondition for encouraging employment participation. To understand better the r...

Zusammenfassung Hintergrund und Ziel Die subjektive Erwerbsperspektive (EP) gilt als prädiktiv für die realisierte Erwerbsdauer. Inwieweit spezifische gesundheitsrelevante Verhaltensweisen (GVh) mit der EP älterer Beschäftigter assoziiert sind, wurde bislang nicht erforscht. Vor diesem Hintergrund wurden die Effekte von körperlicher Aktivität, Übe...

The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of voluntary employer changes on self-reported work ability among older workers in Germany and whether a honeymoon-hangover effect (HHE) exists here. In research on job satisfaction, three typical periods around a voluntary employer change characterize a HHE: a deterioration in the old job (deterio...

Purpose Older employees are often thought to be vulnerable to negative effects of information and communication technology (ICT). Our study aims to examine associations between work-related ICT exposure (i.e. ICT use or digital work intensification), physical health, mental health and work ability (WA). We examine whether these associations are mo...

Occupational change encompasses change of profession, employer and work tasks. This study gives an overview on occupational change in later working life and provides empirical evidence on voluntary, involuntary and desired occupational changes in the older workforce in Germany. The analyses were based on longitudinal data from 2,835 participants of...

Objective Mental disorders have been identified as a leading cause for reduced work ability in industrialized countries. Identification of workplace factors that can increase the work ability of employees with depressive symptoms from the Baby Boom generation is, therefore, highly relevant. This study thus aims to investigate whether changes in psy...

Objective The aim of this prospective study was to examine employer changes among older workers and to relate them to psychosocial work factors, health, and work ability. Four groups of employees as elaborated by Hom et al. (2012) were distinguished: Enthusiastic leavers (EL), reluctant leavers (RL), enthusiastic stayers (ES), and reluctant staye...

In the 2020s, the number of the over 60s in the workforce will continue to increase. The book ‘Arbeit und Altern 2020’ (Work and Ageing 2020) takes stock of the state of knowledge on work and age and ageing, and on progress in the areas of work design and human resources. It presents academic findings, practical design models as well as company and...

Introduction: Rehabilitation services are considerably less used by persons with a migration background of working age in Germany than by persons without migration background. One reason could be access barriers. They can arise both from the structures of the health/rehabilitation system as well as from influences of the personal environment, e. g...

Objective: Supporting employees with health impairments to stay at work through workplace accommodation is a well-researched topic. However, research on workplace accommodations for older employees is lacking. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the German lidA cohort study in 2018 focusing on older employees who reported poor health (n = 421) wa...

AimOlder workers are a special target group for workplace health promotion programs. A realistic estimation of one’s own health behavior (EHB) is essential to adjust health behavior adequately, if needed. EHB may vary depending on social and health aspects. Therefore, this study investigates the impact of HB-factors on EHB of older workers, conside...

Background In the coming years, large groups of workers with migrant background will reach pensionable age in Germany. However, this group has been virtually ignored by worldwide retirement research so far. The aim of this study was to investigate the subjective employment perspective in higher working age for employees with migrant background (EM...

Link for OPEN ACCESS: https://rdcu.be/b7I2R Background: This study investigates whether a typology of work exposure can be established among older workers in Germany. Work exposure comprises physical work, working time quality, work intensity, skills & discretion, social environment, leadership, continued education, earnings and work prospects. Me...

Objectives: The aim of this study was to investigate the subjective employment perspective in higher working age for different employee groups with migrant background (EMB) and without (non-EMB), meaning willing, being able, and planning to work until the individual state pension age (iSPA). Methods: A representative sample of socially insured e...

Zusammenfassung Aktuelle Analysen der deutschen lidA-Studie (www.lida-studie.de) legen nahe, dass die Digitalisierung der Arbeitswelt bei Älteren noch vornehmlich auf traditionelle digitale Arbeitsmittel beschränkt ist. Sie fühlen sich dabei allermeist sicher und sind zufrieden mit der digitalen Ausstattung. Besondere Risikogruppen für „digitalen S...

This article investigates social inequalities in the transition from work to retirement in times of extending working lives and political activation policies. Basic mechanisms of policies aimed at extending working lives (EWL), include penalizing early exit from employment and incentivizing later retirement, the latter by increasing fixed retiremen...

Introduction In times of extending working lives, it is relevant to understand why, today, most workers leave employment long before regular retirement age. Financial factors have been central for explaining retirement timing, yet their impact seems rather complicated. This study explores the motivation to keep working, in relation to the economic...

Background and objectives Working with poor health has become an everyday way of life for many older workers in Germany, with more and more of them working despite health restrictions. Work adjustments are expected to maintain work ability, health and in perspective prolong working lives. In Germany, little is known about the frequency, type and ef...

Zielstellungen: Gegenwärtig wird in Fachkreisen diskutiert, ob für die betriebsärztliche Betreuung Beschäftigter in Deutschland ausreichend aktive Betriebsärzte zur Verfügung stehen. Mit den hier vorgestellten empirischen Ergebnissen zur Häufigkeit betriebsärztlicher Kontakte soll ein Erkenntnisbeitrag aus der Sicht von Beschäftigten in einer reprä...

Background: An ageing and a shrinking labour force implies that the prevention of a premature exit from work due to poor health will become more relevant in the future. Medical rehabilitation is a health service that aims at active participation in working life. The provision of this service will be relevant for an increasing part of the ageing la...

Bis zum Jahr 2050 wird es etwa 23 Millionen über 65-Jährige in Deutschland geben. Dadurch wird es gesellschaftlich wie individuell zunehmend notwendig, gute Voraussetzungen für das Rentenalter als Lebensphase zu schaffen. Um es bei guter Gesundheit und Lebensqualität zu verbringen, sollte bereits die Zeit vor dem Übergang zur Vorbereitung genutzt w...

Work ability (WA) is an important concept in occupational health research and for over 30 years assessed worldwide with the Work Ability Index (WAI). In recent years, criticism of the WAI is increasing and alternative instruments are presented. The authors postulate that theoretical and methodological issues need to be considered when developing al...

Background Older workers represent a particular target group for health promotion and prevention. The participation of older workers in health promotion and prevention programs (HPPP) to promote physical exercise, relaxation and a healthy diet was examined in this study using selected sociodemographic, health and work-related factors. Material and...

Spielt soziale Gruppenzugehörigkeit eine Rolle beim vorzeitigen Erwerbsausstiegswunsch? Jean-Baptist du Prel, Christine Schrettenbrunner, Hans Martin Hasselhorn Einleitung Die Belegschaften in Deutschland altern und schrumpfen. Die Dauer des Erwerbsverbleibs wird somit bedeutsamer. Soziale Gruppen können sich in arbeitsbezogenen und individuellen M...

(Abstract only) TITLE: When does a social norm of “early exit” have impact on desired and planned retirement age? Results from the lidA cohort study. AUTHORS: Melanie Ebener, Anna Rings, Hans Martin Hasselhorn BACKGROUND: A social norm of “early exit” (’ee-norm‘) from the labour market is widespread in Germany and affects the individual retiremen...

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Background Over the course of the demographic transition with an aging and shrinking work force, work participation of older employees becomes more and more important. Earlier investigations found social groups to be different in work-related and individual aspects, which were shown to be associated with motivation for early retirement. Objective...

Introduction Early retirement is still common in Germany, as in other European countries. Yet, its meaning for the nation's welfare has a higher relevance in times of ageing and shrinking workforces due to the demographic change. Therefore, the investigation of factors with influence on early work exits like the motivation to retire early is import...

Introduction Anticipating demographic changes, many European states have increased official pension entitlement age, some countries by ten years. Prospectively, working lives of the work force will be extended; but still today, most people leave employment long before reaching official retirement age. Who CAN and who WANTS to work until regular ret...

Many European states have raised the statutory pension age. In consequence, more and more people will have to extend their working lives. But will they be able to do so? A common conception is that good health among the older working population is crucial for the extension of working lives. The question is whether this focus is feasible. Already, m...

La poursuite d’une activité professionnelle de personnes âgées dépend de facteurs divers, qui sont interdépendants les uns des autres. Dans de nombreuses études il est fait le constat qu'il y a un lien entre l’état de santé et la fin précoce de l’activité professionnelle. Il serait erronné de n'analyser qu'un seul des différents facteurs. La contri...

Ob Personen im höheren Erwerbsalter erwerbstätig sind oder nicht, ist in aller Regel das Resultat des Zusammenwirkens verschiedener Determinanten. Die Betrachtung nur einzelner Determinanten (z. B. der Gesundheit) läuft Gefahr, die Komplexität des Sachverhalts auf ein Niveau zu reduzieren, auf dem Ergebnisse nur noch geringe sozialpolitische und be...

Objectives Few epidemiological studies have examined whether associations of psychosocial working conditions with risk of poor health differ by age. Based on results from mostly cross-sectional studies, we test whether (i) psychosocial relational factors (social support) are more strongly associated with declining health of older than younger emplo...

Objectives: The aims of this article are to (1) determine whether and to what extent general perceived health and quality of supervision predict voluntary early retirement pension (VERP) and (2) assess whether quality of supervision modifies the association between general perceived health and VERP. Methods: Employees aged 49-64 years who partic...

Objective Due to the growing proportion of older employees in the work force in several countries, the importance of age in the association between work and health is becoming increasingly relevant. Few studies have investigated whether age modifies the association of physical work demands with health. We hypothesized that the association of demand...

[Article is german] Due to the demographic change and the increased pension age in Germany, there is a need for higher employment participation of older workers. As a consequence, work ability of employees should be maintained, and that raises the question of its measurement. Work ability (WA) has been conceptualised in the 1980s in Finnish occupat...

The paper explains in short five challenges for retirement research: 1) conceptional gap, 2) regional gap, 3) thematic gaps, 4) ethical challenges, 5) dissemination challenge.

Hintergrund Fragen zum Zusammenhang von Arbeitsfaktoren einerseits und psychischer und physischer Gesundheit der Beschäftigten andererseits sind in Deutschland aktuell und werden weiter aktuell bleiben. Fragestellung Inzwischen liegt hierzulande eine Reihe von Datensätzen vor, die Daten sowohl zu Arbeit als auch Gesundheit enthalten. Oft allerdings...

Zusammenfassung (english version below) Die Arbeitswelt wandelt sich, die Erwerbsbevölkerung altert und das Arbeitskräfteangebot wird von nun an deutlich schrumpfen. Absehbar ist, dass die Menschen künftig länger erwerbstätig bleiben müssen; heute allerdings erfolgt der Erwerbsaustritt meist lange vor Erreichen der Regelaltersgrenze. Welches sind...

Im Beitrag wird das „lidA-Denkmodell zu Arbeit, Alter und Erwerbsteilhabe“ dargestellt und im Kontext vergleichbarer Modelle diskutiert. Ziel des Denkmodells ist, die Erwerbsteilhabe älterer Beschäftigter genauer zu verstehen und zur interdisziplinären Betrachtung und Bearbeitung der Thematik anzuregen. Es stellt Determinanten der Erwerbsteilhabe Ä...

Die »Zukunft der Arbeit« und ihre Gestaltung stellt eine der derzeit spannendsten gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen dar. Im Wissenschaftsjahr 2013 »Die demografische Chance« setzte sich auch die DASA Arbeitswelt Ausstellung mit diesem aktuellen Thema auseinander. Die Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, zu der die DASA gehört, for...

Einleitung/Hintergrund: Mit der demografischen Entwicklung erhält die Frage von Erwerbsteilhabe und frühzeitigem Erwerbsausstieg steigende Bedeutung. Wir haben daher ein Denkmodell für den Zusammenhang zwischen sozioökonomischem Status, Gesundheit und frühzeitigem Erwerbsausstieg entwickelt. Das Modell behauptet (a) dass der Zusammenhang zwischen n...

The lidA Cohort Study (German Cohort Study on Work, Age, Health and Work Participation) was set up to investigate and follow the effects of work and work context on the physical and psychological health of the ageing workforce in Germany and subsequently on work participation. Cohort participants are initially employed people subject to social secu...

In Germany, the number of residents in Nursing Homes (NH) has increased in recent years, residents become older, increasingly multimorbid and suffer more from dementia. In parallel demands concerning the quality of care in NH have increased. The vivid poltical and public debate about quality of care, however, widely disregards the perception of nur...

Die Belegschaften in Deutschland werden älter und die Anzahl derer, die dem Arbeitsmarkt zur Verfügung stehen, nimmt von nun an deutlich ab. Bei gleichbleibender Wirtschaftskraft bedeutet dies für Deutschland, dass künftig mehr ältere Menschen im Arbeitsleben gehalten werden müssen als je zuvor. In diesem Beitrag werden Zahlen und Daten dazu zusamm...

Das Arbeitsschutzgesetz verpflichtet Arbeitgeber/-innen dazu, auf der Basis einer Beurteilung der Arbeitsbedingungen erforderliche Maßnahmen des Arbeitsschutzes festzustellen, umzusetzen und im Hinblick auf ihre Wirksamkeit zu kontrollieren. Bei dieser Gefährdungsbeurteilung sind auch psychische Belastungen der Arbeit zu berücksichtigen. Das vorli...

Previous cross-sectional findings from the European Nurses Early Exit Study (NEXT) show that nurses who were dissatisfied with their work schedule tended to consider leaving the nursing profession. Mediating factors in this decision process may be caused by self-perceived poor work ability and/or health. The aim of this paper is to investigate chan...

Aggressive behavior and violence in patients, residents or clients are growing challenges in nursing. Aggressive behavior can have both, physical and psychological consequences for nurses and can lead to a reduced performance at work, demotivation, sickness absence and the premature exit from the nursing profession. To develop purposive strategies...

The increasing prevalence of residents with dementia in Nursing Homes (NH) leads to a demanding work with high physical and psychological workloads. This study focuses on NH nurses and their satisfaction with quality of care for residents with dementia (SQCD) and its impact on nurses' general health, burnout and work ability. Two-wave (2007/2009) s...

To investigate how work-related characteristics and work ability influence nursing staff decisions to change employer or leave the profession. Previous cross-sectional studies have indicated that decreased work ability and unfavourable work-related characteristics are important determinants for the intention to leave the profession among nursing st...

From 2009, the quality of care in nursing homes in Germany is inspected, rated, and publicized. This study investigates the association between staff-perceived nursing quality, clinical quality indicators, and ratings of health insurance medical services based on the transparency of stationary care agreement (PTVS). METHODS: This was a cross-sectio...

Introduction From 2009, the quality of care in nursing homes in Germany is inspected, rated, and publicized. This study investigates the association between staff-perceived nursing quality, clinical quality indicators, and ratings of health insurance medical services based on the transparency of stationary care agreement (PTVS). Methods This was a...

Many countries throughout the world are facing a serious nursing shortage, and retention of nurses also is a challenge. The aim of this study was to compare the predictive contribution of a broad spectrum of psychosocial work factors, including job strain, effort-reward imbalance, and alternative employment opportunity, to the probability of intent...

The German population is aging and shrinking. This will have a significant impact on the labor market, because labor supply will start to shrink. Consequently, there is a need to develop additional labor market resources. In this setting, a crucial issue is the health and employment of the older working population. This article discusses - on the b...

In ocupations, self-rated general health status was examined under special consideration of age. Data from the GEDA 2009 and 2010 surveys (N = 26,303) were analyzed. Professionals had a low prevalence of poor health, whereas unskilled service workers and-among males-unskilled manual workers had a high prevalence. In older workers the prevalence of...

Research into the associations between work, age, and health and the impact of these associations on employment status has focused on health as a crucial determinant of staying on the job. In our paper, we ask whether concentrating on health is still feasible, particularly when considering the change in demographics and the increasing proportion of...

In ocupations, self-rated general health status was examined under special consideration of age. Data from the GEDA 2009 and 2010 surveys (N = 26,303) were analyzed. Professionals had a low prevalence of poor health, whereas unskilled service workers and-among males-unskilled manual workers had a high prevalence. In older workers the prevalence of...

Die Erforschung des Zusammenhangs von Arbeit, Alter und Gesundheit sowie des Erwerbsverbleibes im höheren Erwerbsalter hat sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten überwiegend auf die Gesundheit als zentrale Determinante konzentriert. Wir fragen im vorliegenden Beitrag, ob diese Fokussierung – gerade vor dem Hintergrund des demografischen Wandels und de...