Country- and individual-level factors associated with healthy working life expectancy: A multinational longitudinal study

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by Jingjie Zhu, Bo Ye, Zeyu Huang, Huazhen You, Junjia Jiang, Shitong Yang, Junling Gao Background To address labor force shortages associated with population aging, many countries have proposed raising the retirement age.

As health is an important determinant of employment outcomes among older workers, it is important in this context to understand the individual- and country-level factors associated with healthy working life expectancy (HWLE), defined as the average number of years individuals can expect to remain healthy and employed from age…

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Primary source: PLOS Medicine · September 10, 2026

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