Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion

Duration of working life (replaces "Effective labour market exit age")

Indicator name Duration of working life (replaces "Effective labour market exit age")
Code PN-P7
Type (EU indicator/ NAT - national indicator) EU
Periodicity Annual
Detailed definition The duration of working life indicator measures the number of years a person at a given age is expected to be active in the labour market.
Breakdowns Gender
Comments/ Policy relevance The central challenge is probably the extent to which pension reforms will translate into an increase of the effective retirement age. The effective LM exit age indicator has been discontinued. A new indicator called 'duration of working life' has been developed to replace the old 'average exit age'.
Source Eurostat – LFS
SPC portfolio section Pensions - sustainable pensions

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