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How different is the older labour market?
— attitudes to work and retirement among older people in Britain | | Author(s) | Stephen McNair |
| Journal title | Social Policy & Society, vol 5, pt 4, October 2006 |
| Pages | pp 485-494 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Attitude ; Employees ; Attitudes to retirement ; Social surveys. |
| Annotation | Governments are seeking strategies to extend working life, but with limited evidence on the attitude to work and motivation of workers over 50. This paper reports the findings of two national surveys conducted in 2003 and 2004 by the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce (CROW), which aimed to increase understanding of the attitudes to work of older people in the UK. These surveys found that older people generally view work very positively, but that the forces which divide the labour market as a whole have an increasingly polarising effect as people grow older. The paper suggests that successful implementation of "extending working life" policies will depend on a better understanding of the quality of work, of older workers' diversity, and of the role of training. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-061207204 A |
| Classmark | GC: DP: WK: G7:DP: 3F |
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