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Retirement Timing and Social Stratification : a Comparative Study of Labor Market Exit and Age Norms in Western Europe /

The book addresses a timely issue that attracts both researchers and policy-makers: the factors explaining early retirement. The study uses cutting-edge methodology to produce fresh empirical evidence that sheds a new light on the processes of leaving work and challenges occasionally the conventiona...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Radl, Jonas (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berlin : De Gruyter, [2014]. De Gruyter, [2014]
Subjects:
Anthropology.
Labor market > Europe, Western.
Retirement age > Europe, Western.
Social sciences.
Sociology.
Anthropologie.
Marché du travail > Europe de l'Ouest.
Âge de la retraite > Europe de l'Ouest.
Sciences sociales.
Sociologie.
anthropology.
social sciences.
sociology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Europe occidentale.
Espagne.
Allemagne.
Anthropology
Labor market
Retirement age
Social sciences
Sociology
Western Europe
Westeuropa
Life course, ageing, social stratification, gender, social norms, Western Europe, international comparison, event-history analysis.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The book addresses a timely issue that attracts both researchers and policy-makers: the factors explaining early retirement. The study uses cutting-edge methodology to produce fresh empirical evidence that sheds a new light on the processes of leaving work and challenges occasionally the conventional wisdom on the cross-national differences in retirement ages.
Physical Description:1 online resource (329 pages) : illustrations
ISBN:8376560417
9788376560410