| |
Centre for Policy on Ageing | |
 | |
|
| An overview of work, retirement, and pensions in Japan | | Author(s) | Scott A Bass |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging & Social Policy, vol 8, nos 2/3, 1996 |
| Pages | pp 57-78 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Employment ; Employment of older people ; Retirement ; Retirement policy ; Pensions ; Attitudes to the old of general public ; Social policy ; Japan. |
| Annotation | Work to retirement in Japan is a sequential transition for the most part, and Japan permits mandatory retirement by firms at age 60. However, many older people work beyond the age of 60 - many more than in other industrialised countries. A number of hypotheses are examined relating to pensions, health, opportunity, interest in working, cultural attitudes (including the concept of ikigai), and public policy initiatives (such as employment policy and the Silver Human Resource Centers). Japan's cultural attitudes and existing policies appear to have set Japan on a unique course in considering the ageing of its population - which raises the question, to what extent should other countries emulate Japan?. |
| Accession Number | CPA-960306504 A |
| Classmark | WJ: GC: G3: G5: JJ: TOB: TM2: 7DT |
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing |
|
| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
| |
|