Paid Work Beyond Pension Age: Comparative Perspectives

Product Description 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 and retirement. Review 'This volume is an excellent addition to the literature on extending working lives, tackling a neglected and under-researched group of older workers who challenge our traditional conceptualisations and understandings of retirement. The book provides a rich picture of the diversity of circumstances and motivations that lead to work after pension age and the characteristics of such work in a number of different countries.'-Sarah Vickerstaff, University of Kent, UK'The book gives an outstanding overview of one the most challenging public policy issues of our time - the move towards extending working life. The various chapters provide illustrations from a wide range of countries, with an excellent combination of theoretical approaches and empirical studies.'-Chris Phillipson, University of Manchester, UK About the Author Karen M. Anderson, University of Southampton, UK Pietro Checcucci, Institute for the Development of the Vocational Training of Workers (ISFOL), Italy Mirko Di Rosa, Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing (INRCA), Italy Theodore P. Gerber , University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Steffen Hagemann, University of Bremen, Germany Björn Halleröd, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Anna Hokema, University of Bremen, Germany Harald Künemund, University of Vechta, Germany Giovanni Lamura, Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing (INRCA), Italy Thomas Lux, University of Bremen, Germany Victor W. Marshall, Independent Scholar, USA Katey Matthews, University of Manchester, UK James Nazroo, University of Manchester, UK Andrea Principi, Italian National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing (INRCA), Italy Jonas Radl, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain Jutta Schmitz, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany Klaus Schömann, Leibniz Centre for Lifelong Learning, Germany and Jacobs University Bremen, Germany Silke van Dyk, University of Kassel, Germany Ge Yu, Liaoning University, China, University of Bremen, Germany and Jacobs University Bremen, Germany