WORKLONG. JPI MYBL FIRST TRANSNATIONAL CALL (JTC 2015) Progress Dialogue Form

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1 WORKLONG JPI MYBL FIRST TRANSNATIONAL CALL (JTC 2015) Progress Dialogue Form The aim of the Progress Dialogue is on the one hand to support the projects regarding outreach and stakeholder involvement, and on the other hand to inform JPI MYBL about the progress of the projects. At the same time the dialogue is meant to contribute to the learning process of JPI MYBL when it comes to promoting and supporting policy oriented research. Period duration Start of project until filling the template 04/ /2018 (sent to Call Secretariat on ) Name of Project WORKLONG - Impact of interventions and policies on prolonging working life in good health PI / Coordinator A. Burdorf / M.Schuring Project Start and End Date 04/ /2019 Project Funding JPI MYBL: Countries Involved The Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden 1. Please provide an EXECUTIVE SUMMARY for the above mentioned project period intended for publication by JPI MYBL and co-funders (250 words) (in non-specialist language). The Worklong project has 4 objectives in 5 Work Packages The first objective determines whether workers with health problems will spend the years before retirement primarily in paid employment or in disability, unemployment, and early retirement. What is a worker s ability to remain employed until retirement and how do social welfare systems influence labour force participation of older workers with health problems? (WP1) The second objective investigates the potential benefits of interventions on strenuous working conditions and on promoting healthier behaviours for a worker s ability to remain employed and, thereby effectively reducing premature retirement. Also, the potential extension of working careers is estimated by implementing policies and provisions that support workers with health problems in paid employment. (WP2) The third objective analyses the consequences of retirement at older age for health and health disparities in the years before and after retirement. For whom will retirement be beneficial, and for whom will it deteriorate health? (WP3&4) The fourth objective evaluates the costs, benefits and effectiveness of intervention and policies, basically answering the question which investments for whom are advisable to support older workers until statutory retirement age. (WP5) Our research contributes directly to current and evolving governmental policies on employment and retirement by providing sound evidence for impact on length of employment and health. We will use stakeholders views how results of the project can be best summarized, presented and disseminated via stakeholders channels of communication. A variety of methods will be applied, such as downloadable fact sheets, policy letters, press releases, and social media.

2 2. PROGRESS AGAINST OBJECTIVES - (500 words) Please explain progress against objectives for the project duration until today. We ask to include: Progress against each work package or work strand and, Progress against your investments overall objectives and aims. Please also include comments on deviations from the original project plan as well as comments on tasks that were planned but not completed or tasks that were completed although they were not planned. Work package 1 The impact of legislation and policy measures on pathways to retirement among workers with health problems Data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) are used to analyze educational inequalities in a) the influence of a chronic illness on labour force participation and b) the contribution of poor health to different pathways out of paid employment. Differences between European regions and trends of labour force participation between 2005 and 2014 are analyzed. In addition, the effect of national social and economic indicators on the association between poor health and labour force exit through different pathways in 25 European countries is analysed. Finally, the Dutch-EU-SILC data ( ) are used to analyze the effect of changes in early retirement schemes on labour force participation among persons with health problems in the Netherlands Data from a cohort of construction workers are used to analyze the impact of changes in welfare legislation on the incidence of disability pension in Sweden. The cohort has a follow-up period of 40 years. Data from this cohort is used to analyse how changes (restrictions) in disability benefits affect labour force participation in Sweden. Work package 2 Influence of workplace and lifestyle interventions and policies on employment trajectories A multistate Markov model is being developed to estimate working life expectancy, which captures the total working years expected for specific groups of workers. The next step of modelling will be to estimate working years lost due to strenuous working conditions and unhealthy behaviours and to predict the potential effects of workplace and health behaviour interventions as well as policy measures on working life expectancy. Work package 3 Impact of legislation and policy measures on the health of workers from different social groups before and after retirement Data from Understanding Society from the UK are used to investigate the effect of the policy to postpone retirement age from 60 to 65 on health among women. In this study, mental and physical health (SF12) as well as psychological status (GHQ-12) are measured among women aged years in six waves between 2009 and In addition, information about employment status and job type as well as biomarkers is available. Work package 4 Impact of timing of exit from labour market on morbidity and mortality Data from the Swedish cohort of construction workers have been linked with registry data to analyse mortality risks in disability pensioners with common mental disorder in Sweden. We are analysing how chronic diseases and work factors influence exit from paid employment through disability pension and the effect of changes (restrictions) in disability benefits on labour force participation in Sweden. We are also studying the role of job mobility in relation to the length of working life in Sweden. Work package 5 Cost-effectiveness of successful policies and interventions We will start with the cost-effectiveness analysis in 2018.

3 3. HIGHLIGHTS AND IMPACT (500 words max) Please highlight the most successful or promising work in your view from the past project duration. Please provide examples of the impact (nature and scale) that your project is having on intended users (policy makers, front line practitioners, other investments, scholarly communities) or discuss potential impact and how to achieve it. We have 5 submitted/final draft papers: 1. Educational inequalities in the influence of a chronic illness on employment across five European regions ( ) Persons with a chronic illness have much lower labour force participation than persons without illness. A chronic illness has a larger impact on labour force participation among low educated persons compared to higher educated persons. In the Northern, Anglo-Saxon and Eastern regions, the impact of a chronic disease on labour force participation were larger compared to the Southern and Continental regions. 2. Educational inequalities in the contribution of poor health to different pathways out of paid employment in five European regions In descending order of magnitude, poor health was associated with loss of paid employment due to disability, unemployment, economic inactivity and retirement in all European regions. In most European regions, the influence of poor health on disability and retirement was more profound among high educated workers, whereas the influence of poor health on becoming economically inactive was more profound among low educated workers. However, due to the higher prevalence of poor health among low educated workers, the proportion of unemployment, disability, and economic inactivity that could be attributed to poor health was larger among low educated workers than high educated workers in most European regions. The largest educational inequalities in the proportion of exit from paid employment due to poor health were found in the Northern and Eastern regions and the smallest educational inequalities were found in the Southern region. 3. Health-effects of higher State Pension Age in UK This study showed that a policy that postpone retirement age from 60 to 65 among women in the United Kingdom had a negative effect on health. In addition, increasing the length of the extension was associated with stronger effects on mental health. 4. Impact of changes in welfare legislation on the incidence of disability pension. A cohort study of construction workers. Changes in legislation during the 1990s showed associations with a rather strong variability in disability pension for musculoskeletal diagnosis but not with psychiatric diagnosis. In addition to legislation judgements by other actors as the insurance agency administrators seem to be of importance for the variability. 5. Mortality risks in disability pensioners with common mental disorder in Sweden In this study mortality in DP recipients with common mental disorder was compared to other DP diagnosis and to those without DP. The hypothesis was that relief from work should enhance survival in persons with DP based on common mental disorders. Subjects with DP based on a psychiatric diagnosis displayed higher mortality risks, which contradicts the study hypothesis. Leaving work implies both adding and reducing potential risk factors, making it difficult to elucidate total health effects

4 We have established an Impact Advisory Group, in which professionals of different organizations are involved (PEROSH, Netspar, Eurofound, OECD). The Impact Advisory Group has provided input concerning the interpretation of the results and its policy implications. 4. STAKEHOLDERS Please give details of stakeholders currently engaged with the project or on project advisory boards, like how and when you involve stakeholders, how easy is it to engage them, and what the stakeholder s views and contributions are on your project. We have established an Impact Advisory Group with the following stakeholders: Prof. Lars L. Andersen - Professor at National Research Centre for the Working Environment & Adjunct Professor at Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark, Member of PEROSH Prof. M. Lindeboom - Professor at the Department of Economics, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement (NETSPAR) Jorge Cabrita - Research Manager Working Life, Eurofound, Ireland Manuel Flores - Senior Policy Analyst, Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs, OECD, Paris, France The Impact Advisory Group has provided input concerning the interpretation of the results and its policy implications. We will use stakeholders views how results of the project can be best summarized, presented and disseminated via stakeholders channels of communication. Two introductory videos to the theme of ageing workforce have been developed, which are now available through the project website [ 5. NETWORKING Please give details of networking activities e.g. workshops or conferences attended, invited talks, requests for information from stakeholders. We have had two meetings with JPI MYBL project in Rome (11/2016) and London (03/2017). We have had meetings with representatives from the unions and employers in Sweden (18 Nov 2016). 6. DETAILS ABOUT THE PROJECT COLLABORATION Are the collaborations in this project new or were these existing collaborations? How do you involve the academic partners and stakeholders in the project? The collaborations with the stakeholders in the Impact Advisory Group are new collaborations. The academic partners and stakeholders are involved in the project mainly through . A draft version of a manuscript has been sent to the Impact Advisory Group and the members are invited to give input concerning the interpretation of the results and the policy implications. We will invite one member of the Impact Advisory Group to join the JPI MYBL meeting in Brussels on February 13 th 2018.

5 7. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER PROJECTS Please describe actual and intended collaborations with other JPI/EU/national funded investments. No actual collaboration with other JPI/EU/national funded investments. 8. COLLABORATION WITH OTHER JTC 2015 PROJECTS Please describe connections, bilateral meetings, knowledge exchange etc. with the other four JTC 2015 projects. We have had a meeting with the JTC 2015 projects (30 Nov. 2016) in Rome. During this meeting we discussed the progress and research plans of the projects. We have had a meeting in London with the JTC 2015 projects (30 March, 2017). During this meeting we discussed the progress of our research. 9. COMMUNICATION OF OUTPUTS Please list any papers, case studies, project factsheets, policy briefs, that have been generated by the project. Submitted papers: 1. Educational inequalities in the influence of a chronic illness on employment across five European regions ( ) 2. Educational inequalities in the contribution of poor health to different pathways out of paid employment in five European regions 3. Health-effects of higher State Pension Age in UK 4. Impact of changes in welfare legislation on the incidence of disability pension. A cohort study of construction workers. 5. Mortality risks in disability pensioners with common mental disorder in Sweden Two introductory videos to the theme of ageing workforce have been developed which are now available on the WORKLONG website [ Ageing workforce and work ability (Alex Burdorf) Chronic illnesses and work (Alex Burdorf) We will use a additional methods to communicate our results in the near future, such as downloadable fact sheets, policy letters, press releases, and social media. 10. ADDED VALUE OF THE JPI MYBL FUNDING What has this funding enabled that was not possible through national or other EU funding schemes? The JPI MYBL funding made the research and the collaboration with academic partners and stakeholders possible. This funding has enable the researchers to study 1) the impact of legislation and policy measures on pathways to retirement among workers with health problems, 2) the influence of workplace and lifestyle interventions and policies on employment trajectories,

6 3) the impact of legislation and policy measures on the health of workers from different social groups before and after retirement and 4) the impact of timing of exit from labour market on morbidity and mortality. 11. JPI MYBL CALLS Please provide any feedback from your experience as a JPI MYBL funded project that could help in developing and running future JPI MYBL calls. An additional meeting with the other four JTC 2015 projects in the course of 2018 would be useful to discuss mutual progress in the MYBL projects. We are planning to have such a meeting in the Netherlands with Dorly Deeg of the EXTEND project in AWARENESS OF JPI MYBL Please provide details to the following questions: Which members of the consortium were aware of the JPI prior to the first call? How did you find out about the First Call? Contact: 1 st Call Secretariat of JPI MYBL at VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH: Annette Angermann, Phone: , annette.angermann@vdivde-it.de