Delaying retirement : progress and challenges of active ageing in Europe, the United States and Japan

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Delaying retirement : progress and challenges of active ageing in Europe, the United States and Japan

Title remainder

progress and challenges of active ageing in Europe, the United States and Japan

Statement of responsibility

Dirk Hofäcker, Moritz Hess, Stefanie König, editors

Contributor

• König, Stefanie
• Hess, Moritz
• Hofäcker, Dirk

Editor

• Hess, Moritz
• Hofäcker, Dirk
• König, Stefanie

Subject

• Older people -- Employment
• Retirement -- Economic aspects
• Retirement -- Sociological aspects
• Retirement age
• Retirement income

Language

eng

Summary

To a backdrop of ageing societies, pension crises and labour market reforms, this book investigates how the policy shift from early retirement to active ageing has affected individual retirement behaviour. Focusing on eleven European countries, the United States and Japan, it brings together leading international experts to analyze recent changes in pension systems. Their findings demonstrate that there has been a fundamental transition in pension policies and a steep increase in older workers’ retirement ages and employment rates. Yet changes in retirement behavior are not evenly distributed across all societal strata. This raises the serious concern that an overall rise in the retirement age will be accompanied by the re-emergence of social inequality in the transition from work to retirement. This innovative edited collection will appeal to students and scholars of sociology, economics, political science, human resources management, gerontology and social policy, and also to policy-makers and professionals dealing with older workers.--

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BTCTA

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illustrations

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography