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There is little doubt that some of the main employment trends observed over the last two decades constitute very favourable factors for work beyond 60. The development of services as a key factor of the modern economy has radically altered the existing work environment and in some respects created an entirely new one. Today four out of five workers are performing a ‘service’ job (Figure 4.1).
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© 2005 Geneviève Reday-Mulvey
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Reday-Mulvey, G. (2005). Employment Changes and Opportunities. In: Working Beyond 60. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230504981_5
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