Rapidly Increasing Retirement Ages Changing Employment Practices for Older Workers

"This prescient book provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of retirement practices in Denmark, Germany and the UK. Per H. Jensen interrogates the factors behind rapidly increasing retirement ages in these countries between 2000 and 2018. Drawing on the age arrangement approach, Rapidly...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jensen, Per H. (-)
Autor Corporativo: Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher (publisher)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cheltenham, UK : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited 2024.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Ageing, Work and Welfare Series
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Preface
  • 1. Problematiques, theories and methods
  • 2. Discursive change from 'early' towards 'late' exit/retirement
  • 3. From a welfare state towards an enabling state
  • 4. From closed towards open labour markets
  • 5. From the male-breadwinner towards the dual-earner family
  • 6. From low towards high (or higher) levels of work ability
  • 7. Concluding discussion and perspectives
  • References
  • Index.