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Why staying in business is good for seniors and the economy

2021-11-28T22:06:08.802Z


In their book “Post-retirement work. Of the 60+ useful, happy and in good shape, ”the three authors call for making this project a great national cause, with a view to the presidential election.


Pursuing a professional activity once the hour of retirement comes, is at the same time good for morale, for health and useful for the economy.

This is shown in their book Caroline Young and Gilles Effront, co-founders of the firm Experconnect, specializing in post-retirement collaboration, and Jean-Yves Ruaux, professor at the University of Rennes-II, and connoisseur of representations of age. and old age.

Several scientific studies indeed establish that

"the longer you work, the better you age".

In addition, post-retirement work promotes the transmission of knowledge.

However, the pension system is already in deficit and life expectancy continues to lengthen, it is urgent to take up the subject.

The authors point to the low employment rate of seniors in France, which is only 52%, 10 points below the OECD average.

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Source: lefigaro

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