Paid Work Beyond Pension Age Comparative Perspectives
In many countries, the number of people working beyond pension age is increasing. This volume investigates this trend in seven different countries, examining the contexts of this development and the consequences of the shifting relationship between work a
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Simone Scherger
Paid Work Beyond Pension Age
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Paid Work Beyond Pension Age Comparative Perspectives Edited by
Simone Scherger University of Bremen, Germany
Selection and editorial matter © Simone Scherger 2015 Individual chapters © Respective authors 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978–1–137–43513–2 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-56829-1 ISBN 978-1-137-43514-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137435149
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Paid work beyond pension age : comparative perspectives / [edited by] Simone Scherger, University of Bremen, Germany. pages cm Includes bibliographical references. 1. Older people—Employment. HD6279.P35 2015 331.3 98—dc23
I. Scherger, Simone. 2015014925
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
vii
Acknowledgements
x
Notes on Contributors
xii
1 Introduction: Paid Work Beyond Pension Age – Causes, Contexts, Consequences Simone Scherger
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Part I Country Cases 2 Work Beyond Age 65 in England and the USA David Lain 3 The Social Stratification of Work Beyond Pension Age in Germany and the UK: Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence Anna Hokema and Thomas Lux 4 Characteristics of Working Pensioners in Italy: Between Early Retirement Tradition and Reforms to Extend Working Life Andrea Principi, Pietro Checcucci, Mirko Di Rosa and Giovanni Lamura 5 Work Beyond Pension Age in Sweden: Does a Prolonged Work Life Lead to Increasin
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