Skip to main content

Table 4 Determinants of the implementation of age-specific HR instruments and recruitment of older people, 2011 (Logit estimations).

From: After early retirement: the variety of human-resource strategies of firms towards older employees

 

Implementation of age-specific HR instruments

Recruitment of older workers

Internal strategy

External strategy

Resources

 Company size

0.590*** (0.026)

0.889*** (0.027)

 HRM-index

0.293*** (0.027)

− 0.051* (0.026)

 Further training

0.749*** (0.082)

− 0.339*** (0.065)

Experiences with older employees

 Share of older employees

1.828*** (0.159)

1.822*** (0.139)

Context of work relations:

  

 Works council

0.743*** (0.064)

− 0.162*** (0.065)

 Collective agreement

0.362*** (0.060)

− 0.167** (0.058)

Need for skilled workers

0.269*** (0.059)

0.187*** (0.056)

Labour turnover

− 0.105*** (0.033)

1.328*** (0.148)

Job requirements/work environment

 Share of skilled workers

0.493*** (0.117)

− 0.380*** (0.104)

 Modern technical equipment

0.021 (0.061)

− 0.021 (0.054)

 Investments

0.232*** (0.060)

− 0.083** (0.054)

 Sector affiliation (10 dummies)

Incl.

Incl.

N

9240

9240

Pseudo R2

0.3465

0.1876

  1. Basis: Establishments with older employees and recruitments
  2. *p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01; standard errors in parentheses