Our paper analyses the observed and desired labour supply by older workers and (recent) retirees in a country (Italy) with limited opportunities for flexible work schedules. To this purpose, we use a dataset drawn from the Bank of Italy’s Survey on Household Income and Wealth providing information on desired and actual working hours. Our empirical analysis documents the gap between older individuals’ desired and observed labour supply at both the extensive and the intensive margins and traces it back to gender, education and family composition. The paper provides useful insights into the potential usefulness of policies such as gradual retirement and part-time work in increasing older workers’ employment.

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退休刚性以及年长工人的有效劳动力与期望劳动力之间的差距

我们的论文分析了在弹性工作计划机会有限的国家（意大利）中，老年工人和（最近）退休人员所观察到的期望劳动供给。为此，我们使用从意大利银行家庭收入和财富调查中得出的数据集，该数据集提供了有关期望和实际工作时间的信息。我们的经验分析记录了老年人在广泛和集约化的边缘上的期望和观察到的劳动力供应之间的差距，并将其追溯到性别，教育和家庭组成。本文提供了一些有益的见解，以了解诸如逐步退休和兼职工作等政策在增加老年工人就业方面的潜在作用。