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Orientation, opportunity and autonomy
— why people work after state pension age in three areas of England | | Author(s) | Jane Parry, Rebecca F Taylor |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 27, part 4, July 2007 |
| Pages | pp 579-598 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/jid_ASO |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Retirement age ; Pensions ; Cross sectional surveys ; Qualitative Studies. |
| Annotation | Central players in the United Kingdom policy debate on pensions schemes and funding advocate an extension to the average working life. This paper reports the findings of qualitative interviews with men and women at or approaching state pension age that examined what motivated some people to continue to work after that age. By exploring their work histories and orientations to work, the paper shows that people from different social and occupational backgrounds not only conceive work and retirement in different ways but also have contrasting opportunities to continue in occupations after retirement age. Their attitudes and the opportunities they encounter shape the decisions they make at state pension age. The paper elucidates the tensions between individuals' normative expectations of retirement, their desire for autonomy and flexibility in later life, and the financial and occupational reality of life after state pension age. It is argued that understanding the different cultural meanings of work and retirement for different types of worker has implications for the design and implementation of policies to extend working life. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070628206 A |
| Classmark | GC: G5A: JJ: 3KB: 3DP |
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