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Lifecourse determinants and incomes in retirement
— Belgium and the United Kingdom compared | | Author(s) | Caroline Dewilde |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 32, part 4, May 2012 |
| Pages | pp 587-615 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Retired persons ; Income [older people] ; Employment ; Social welfare ; Life span ; United Kingdom ; Belgium ; Cross national surveys. |
| Annotation | The study analysed and compared the impact of lifecourse family and labour market experiences on household incomes of older people in Belgium and the United Kingdom. To this end panel data and life history information from the Panel Study of Belgian Households and the British Household Panel Survey were combined. The results showed that old-age income was indeed influenced by previous lifecourse experiences, and that differences between Belgium and the UK could be explained in terms of welfare regime arrangements. Family experiences were found to have a larger impact on old-age incomes in 'male-breadwinner' Belgium, while in Britain labour market events were more important. As social transfers in Britain were more aimed at poverty prevention and less at income replacement, a 'scarring effect' of unemployment persisted even into old age. Also the more one's career was spent in blue-collar work or self-employment/farming, the lower the income in old age. A new finding was that, notwithstanding the high level of 'de-commodification' achieved by the Belgian welfare state, this effect turned out to be significantly stronger in Belgium than in the UK. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120418003 A |
| Classmark | BB6: JF: WJ: TY: BG6: 8: 76E: 3K |
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