Our Global Policy Summaries provide cross-national comparisons of multiple countries on various types of legislation regarding various age-work considerations.

• Measures that Affect the Quality of Part-Time or Reduced-Hour Work (April 2009)
  by Ariane Hegewisch & Janet C. Gornick
  
• Measures that Govern Rights to Alternative Work Arrangements (August 2008)
  by Ariane Hegewisch, Diana Polson & Janet C. Gornick

   

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Country Profiles include descriptive statistics about a country, placed in the comparative context of countries in the same region or countries with roughly similar economic situations.

• Armenia (June 2009)
  compiled by Shoghik Hovhannisyan
  
• Australia (November 2009)
  by Tia Di Biase, Joanne Goodall, Annie Chen and Philip Taylor
  
• Brazil (July 2010)
  by Camila Veneo Campos Fonseca, Luisa de Azevedo & Adriana Fontes
  
• China (November 2008)
  compiled by Qingwen Xu & Farooq Pasha
  
• Denmark (August 2009)
  compiled by Julie A. Norstrand
  
• France (December 2009)
  compiled by Shanyuan Foo & Ariane Ollier-Malaterre
  
• Germany (November 2009)
  compiled by Cornelia Spross, Heike Schroder & Dirk Hofacker
  
• Greece (May 2009)
  compiled by Rea Prouska
  
• India (September 2009)
  compiled by Rucha Bhate
  
• Ireland (March 2010)
  by Jean McCarthy
  
• Italy (July 2009)
  compiled by Isabella Blengini
• Japan (August 2008)
  compiled by Masa Higo
• Kenya (September 2009)
  compiled by Elizabeth Okongo
• Mexico (March 2010)
  by Laura Ruiz Pérez
• Netherlands (November 2010)
  by Josje Dikkers and Esha Zaveri
  
• Nigeria (July 2010)
  by Ngozi Onyejeli
• Pakistan (September 2008)
  compiled by Farooq Pasha
• Singapore (July 2009)
  compiled by Shanyuan Foo
• South Africa (August 2009)
  compiled by Rene Carapinha
• South Korea (October 2008)
  compiled by Jungui Lee, with Min-A Jung
• Spain (January 2010)
  compiled by Rene Carapinha
• Sweden (December 2009)
  compiled by Karin E. Anell
• United Kingdom (January 2010)
  by Matt Flynn
• United States (April 2008)

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• Flexible Thinking & Flexible Options: Effects on Work Engagement & Organizational Commitment (December 2011)
  by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD and Tay McNamara, PhD
  
• Effects of “Old-Developed” versus “Young-Developing” Country Type and Age-Related Factors on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction, & Organizational Commitment (December 2011)
  by Natalia Sarkisian, PhD, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD, Jungui Lee, PhD, Rucha Bhate, and Elyssa Besen
  
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in Brazil
  (December 2011)
  by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD, Natalia Sarkisian, PhD, Rene Carapinha, Rucha Bhate, Jungui Lee, PhD & Chad Minnich
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in China
  (December 2011)
  by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD, Natalia Sarkisian, PhD, Rene Carapinha, Rucha Bhate, Jungui Lee, PhD & Chad Minnich
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in India
  (December 2011)
  by Natalia Sarkisian, PhD, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD, Rucha Bhate, Rene Carapinha, Jungui Lee, PhD & Chad Minnich
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in Japan
  (December 2011)
  by Natalia Sarkisian, PhD, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD, Jungui Lee, PhD, Rucha Bhate, Rene Carapinha & Chad Minnich
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in Mexico (December 2011)
  by Natalia Sarkisian, PhD, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD, Rene Carapinha, Jungui Lee, PhD, Rucha Bhate & Chad Minnich
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in Netherlands (December 2011)
  by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD, Natalia Sarkisian, PhD, Jungui Lee, PhD, Rene Carapinha, Rucha Bhate & Chad Minnich
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in Spain
  (December 2011)
  by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD, Natalia Sarkisian, PhD, Rucha Bhate, Jungui Lee, PhD, Rene Carapinha & Chad Minnich
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in the United Kingdom (December 2011)
  by Natalia Sarkisian, PhD, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD, Jungui Lee, PhD, Rene Carapinha, Rucha Bhate & Chad Minnich
• Effects of Country & Age on Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction & Organizational Commitment Among Employees in the United States (December 2011)
  by Natalia Sarkisian, PhD, Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, PhD, Rucha Bhate, Jungui Lee, PhD, Rene Carapinha & Chad Minnich

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Explore a single age-work-related question in-depth, and include highlights from the recent relevant research on the topic, with implications for public and private leadership as well as talent management.

• The Diverse Positions of French Employers on Age Management: The ANACT's 10,000-company Survey (March 2009)
  by Melanie Burlet
  
• When is a Person Too Young or Too Old to Work? Cultural Variations in Europe (March 2009)
  by Stephen Sweet
  
• Employers-of-Choice in Countries-of-Choice (October 2007)
  by Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes, Noriko Kameda, Tay McNamara, Marcus Catsouphes, Kathy Lynch, Arianne Ollier-Malaterre, Emma Parry, Celina Pagani-Tousignant, Philip Taylor & Martin B. Tracy
  

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These reports examine the importance of adjusting the employer-of-choice framework to account for two important factors: the countries where businesses operate and the age of employees.

• Australia – Employees (November 2009)
  by Tia Di Biase and Philip Taylor
  
• Australia – Employers (November 2009)
  by Joanne Goodall and Philip Taylor
  
• Brazil – Employees (September 2010)
  by Luisa de Azevedo & Adriana Fontes
  
• Brazil – Employers (December 2010)
  by Danielle Carusi Machado & Cecilia Moreira Borges
  
• China – Employees (May 2009)
  by Quingwen Xu
  
• Denmark – Employees (November 2009)
  by Julie A. Norstrand
  
• Denmark – Employers (January 2010)
  by Julie A. Norstrand
  
• France – Employees (May 2010)
  by Shanyuan Foo & Ariane Ollier-Malaterre
  
• Greece – Employees (September 2010)
  by Rea Prouska
  
• Ireland – Employees (October 2010)
  by Jean McCarthy
  
• Ireland – Employers (October 2010)
  by Jean McCarthy
  
• Italy – Employees (July 2010)
  by Isabella Blengini
  
• Italy – Employers (November 2009)
  by Isabella Blengini
  
• Japan – Employees (April 2009)
  by Masa Higo & Shoghik Hovhannisyan
  
• Japan – Employers (April 2009)
  by Masa Higo & Atsuhiro Yamada
  
• Mexico – Employees (August 2010)
  by Laura Ruiz Pérez and Ricardo Massa Roldán
• Mexico – Employers (January 2011)
  by Laura Ruiz Pérez and Ricardo Massa Roldán
  
• Singapore – Employers (September 2009)
  by Shanyuan Foo
  
• South Korea – Employees (May 2009)
  by Min-A Jung & Jungui Lee
  
• South Korea – Employers (June 2009)
  by Jungui Lee
  
• Spain – Employees (May 2010)
  by Marc Grau i Grau
  
• Spain – Employers (October 2010)
  by Marc Grau i Grau & Emma Parry
  
• United Kingdom – Employees (April 2010)
  by Matt Flynn
  
• United Kingdom – Employers (June 2009)
  by Emma Parry
  
• United States – Employees (November 2008)
  by Tay McNamara, Ariane Ollier-Malaterre & Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes
  
• United States – Employers (November 2008)
  by Emma Parry, Tay McNamara & Marcie Pitt-Catsouphes

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Explore and synthesize complex legal, policy, and research aspects of critical age-work-related issues. Some provide information that can help state leaders examine the connection between aging and work and changes in the labor force participation of older adults affect individual states. Others provide a general overview of the policy context of a particular country, including the major legislation affecting quality of employment. These country context policy briefs also include a contextual focus providing further insight into the dynamics of employment and policy within that country.

• Nigeria Public Policy (January 2011)
  by Ngozi Onyejeli
  
• Mexico Public Policy (January 2011)
  by Ruiz Pérez and Ricardo Massa Roldán
  
• Germany Public Policy (December 2010)
  by Cornelia Spross
  
• Brazil Public Policy (December 2010)
  by Danielle Carusi Machado and Cecília Moreira Borges
  
• Denmark Public Policy (October 2010)
  by Julie Norstrand
  
• Ireland Public Policy (August 2010)
  by Jean McCarthy
  
• Italy Public Policy (May 2010)
  by Isabella Blengini
  
• South Africa Public Policy (May 2010)
  by René Carapinha
  
• India Public Policy (April 2010)
   by Rucha Bhate
  
• Sweden Public Policy (March 2010)
   by Karin E. Anell
  
• China Public Policy (January 2010)
  by Qingwen Xu & Wing Kwan Anselm Lam
  
• United Kingdom Public Policy (January 2010)
  by Christina Purcell and Matt Flynn
  
• South Korea Public Policy (December 2009)
  by Jungui Lee and Haesang Jeon
  
• United States Public Policy (November 2009)
  by Chantel Sheaks and Michelle Wong
  
• Australia Public Policy (October 2009)
  by Erin Watson, Philip Taylor, Joanne Goodall, and Tia Di Bias
  
• Singapore Public Policy (October 2009)
  by Shanyuan Foo
  
• Japan Public Policy (July 2009)
  by Masa Higo & Atsuhiro Yamada
  
  

   

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