Rapidly increasing retirement ages : changing employment practices for older workers /

"This book provides a theoretical and empirical analysis of retirement practices in Denmark, Germany and the UK. Per H. Jensen interrogates the factors behind rapidly increasing retirement ages in these countries between 2000 and 2018."

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jensen, Per H. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2024.
Series:	Ageing, work and welfare.
Subjects:	Retirement age > Denmark. Retirement age > Germany. Retirement age > Great Britain. Âge de la retraite > Danemark. Âge de la retraite > Allemagne. Âge de la retraite > Grande-Bretagne. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Problematiques, theories and methods
Discursive change from ‘early’ towards ‘late’ exit/retirement / Per H. Jensen, with contributions from Moritz Hess, Daniel Holman, Gerhard Naegele, and Alan Walker
From a welfare state towards an enabling state
From closed towards open labour markets
From the male-breadwinner towards the dual-earner family
From low towards high (or higher) levels of work ability
Concluding discussion and perspectives.