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The netherworld between work and retirement
Author(s)	Michael McGann, Helen Kimberley, Dina Bowman, Simon Biggs
Journal title	Social Policy and Society, vol 15, no 4, October 2016
Publisher	Cambridge University Press, October 2016
Pages	pp 625-636
Source	journals.cambridge.org/sps
Keywords	Employment of older people ; Retirement age ; Postponement [retirement] ; Unemployment ; Social surveys ; Australia.
Annotation	A major theme within social gerontology is how retirement 'is being reorganised, if not undone'. Institutional supports for retirement are weakening, with pension ages rising in many countries. Increasing numbers of older workers are working past traditional retirement age on a part-time or self-employment basis; and a growing minority are joining the ranks of the long-term unemployed. Drawing on narrative interviews with older Australians who are involuntarily non-employed or underemployed, this article explores how the 'unravelling' of retirement is experienced by a group of older workers on the periphery of the labour market. While policy makers hope that higher pension ages will lead to a longer period of working life, the risk that older workers - especially those experiencing chronic insecurity in the labour market - will be caught in a netherworld between work and retirement. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-170106209 A
Classmark	GC: G5A: G5H: WH6: 3F: 7YA
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