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Work and retirement transitions
— changing sociological and social policy contexts | | Author(s) | Chris Phillipson |
| Journal title | Social Policy & Society, vol 3, pt 2, April 2004 |
| Pages | pp 155-162 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Conditions of employment [elderly] ; Preparation [retirement] ; Transitional phase ; Retirement ; Attitude ; Social policy. |
| Annotation | The main argument in this paper is that retirement will retain its importance over the next few decades, despite pressure from governments to encourage workers to delay leaving paid employment. Retirement may prove especially difficult to reverse among the "baby boom" cohorts, where an expectation of withdrawing from work at earlier ages has become entrenched. The author examines the policy context influencing current debate, and reviews data on retirement attitudes and trends in the employment of older workers. He concludes by arguing for a "broadening" in the social institution of retirement, with the development of new types of social engagement in formal as well as informal spheres of activity. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040506206 A |
| Classmark | GC:WKA: GA: 4MT: G3: DP: TM2 |
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