Trends and determinants of retirement transition in Europe, the USA and Japan : a comparative overview


König, Stefanie ; Heß, Moritz ; Hofäcker, Dirk


DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-56697-3_2
URL: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978-1-137...
Additional URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311692552...
Document Type: Book chapter
Year of publication: 2016
Book title: Delaying retirement : progress and challenges of active ageing in Europe, the United States and Japan
Page range: 23-51
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(only the first ones mentioned): 		Hofäcker, Dirk
Place of publication: New York, NY
Publishing house: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 978-1-137-56696-6 ; 978-1-137-56697-3
Publication language: English
Institution: Außerfakultäre Einrichtungen > Mannheim Centre for European Social Research - Research Department A
Subject: 300 Social sciences, sociology, anthropology
Abstract: This comparative chapter serves as a stylized frame of comparison for the single-country chapters of the book. It briefly contrasts the development of retirement transitions in the 13 countries selected for this book by showing older workers’ employment trends over the last decades and allowing us to contrast trends in early retirement (in the 1970s and 1980s) with active aging (since the late 1990s). Furthermore, it provides an overview on the context of retirement transitions that reflects on institutional, workplace, and individual conditions. In sum, the results of our international comparison suggest a close relationship between older workers’ employment levels and contextual factors at the institutional, the workplace, and the individual level.

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