Reconstructing Retirement: Work and Welfare in the UK and USA

David Lain

ISBN 10: 1447326172 / ISBN 13: 9781447326175

Editore: Policy Press, 2016

This assessment of the prospects for work and retirement at age 65-plus in the UK and US is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners interested in the late careers and the future of retirement. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; JPQB; KCR; KFFP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486. . 2016. Hardcover. . . . . Codice articolo V9781447326175

Riassunto:

In the United Kingdom, retirement programs are being reconstructed to follow the American practice of abolishing mandatory retirement and increasing state pension ages. This timely book compares prospects for work and retirement at age sixty five-plus in both the United States and the United Kingdom. After exploring the shifting logic behind both nations’ policies—policies that increase both the need and opportunities to work past age sixty five—David Lain presents an original comparative statistical analysis on the wide range of factors influencing employment at this age, from the ability to move between jobs in order to remain employed to changing employment trends. He then proposes a series of policies to address these factors across the life-course and promote security and autonomy for older people. Pathways to employment after sixty five are complex, and pressures to work at this age are likely to result in very unequal outcomes. This book will play a vital role in creating a more positive, more equitable future for late careers and retirement.

Informazioni sugli autori:

David Lain is a senior research fellow in the Brighton Business School at the University of Brighton.

David Lain is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Brighton. His research on older workers and retirement has led to a series of journal articles, book chapters, reports, media appearances and presentations to international policy audiences. He led the ESRC ‘Rethinking Retirement’ Seminar Series and received a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in 2011.

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Titolo: Reconstructing Retirement: Work and Welfare ...
Casa editrice: Policy Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2016
Legatura: Rilegato
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