"Examines effects of the 2008-09 financial downturn on all workers with particular attention to low-income older workers who stand to suffer the most, often retiring early because of lack of work; discusses the real effects of the stock market decline, falling house prices, and …
Men Still at Work explores the reasons why many men are continuing to work well beyond the traditional retirement age. In todays challenging economy, they are the second-fastest growing group of workers (just behind older women). Filled with profiles of older working men, as wel…
"Men Still at Work explores the reasons why many men are continuing to work well beyond the traditional retirement age. In todays challenging economy, they are the second-fastest growing group of workers (just behind older women). Filled with profiles of older working men, as we…
Men Still at Work explores the reasons many men are continuing to work well beyond the traditional retirement age. In today's challenging economy, they are the second-fastest growing group of workers (just behind older women). Filled with profiles of older working men, as well a…
The budget battles of recent years have amplified the warnings of demographic doomsayers who predicted that a wave of baby boomers would bleed America dry, bankrupting Social Security and Medicare as they faded into an impoverished old age. On the contrary, argues award-winning …
International contributors apply lifecourse approaches to understanding evolving definitions of work and retirement. They consider the range of transitions from paid work to retirement that are potentially different for women and men in different family circumstances and occupat…
International contributors apply lifecourse approaches to understanding evolving definitions of work and retirement. They consider the range of transitions from paid work to retirement that are potentially different for women and men in different family circumstances and occupat…
International contributors apply life-course approaches to understanding evolving definitions of work and retirement. They consider the range of transitions from paid work to retirement that are potentially different for women and men in different family circumstances and occupa…
International contributors apply lifecourse approaches to understanding evolving definitions of work and retirement. They consider the range of transitions from paid work to retirement that are potentially different for women and men in different family circumstances and occupat…
This is an accessibly-written critical introduction to the role of age in and beyond organisations, providing insights into the history of age, the social construction and politics of age, age stratification, and age discrimination.
"This book brings together leading experts in the field from Japan and Germany to present and discuss how the challenges are coped with in their respective country. Based on recent surveys and statistical analyses, the articles describe employment trends at market and firm level…
