Description
Book SynopsisA challenge to the assumption that there is appropriate employment available for people who are expected to retire later and the gender-neutral way the expectation for extending working lives is presented in most policy-making circles.
Trade Review"The 11 contributions challenge widely accepted assumptions about later-life work and retirement by grounding their reflections in empirical evidence from a range of national and international sources… Overall, this book offers a welcome, evidence-based perspective on extended working lives in which the arguments are inspired by rich empirical data.” Ageing and Society
"A compelling and much-needed analysis of the different challenges facing older women and men, as pressures to extend working lives intensify." David Lain, Brighton Business School
Table of ContentsPART ONE: Gendering later life work: Empirical, theoretical and policy issues The empirical landscape of extended working lives ~ Debra Street Theoretical and conceptual issues in the extending working lives agenda ~ Clary Krekula and Sarah Vickerstaff Gender perspectives on extended working life policies ~ Áine Ní Léime and Wendy Loretto PART TWO: Extended working life in seven OECD countries The Australian empirical landscape of extended working lives: a gender perspective ~ Elizabeth Brooke Extended working lives in Germany from a gender and life-course perspective: a country in policy transition ~ Anna Hokema Extended working life, gender and precarious work in Ireland ~ Áine Ní Léime, Nata Duvvury and Caroline Finn Ageing and older workers in Portugal: a gender-sensitive approach ~ Sara Falcão Casaca and Heloísa Perista Sweden: an extended working life policy that overlooks gender considerations ~ Clary Krekula, Lars-Gunnar Engström and Aida Alvinius The United Kingdom - a new moral imperative: live longer, work longer ~ Sarah Vickerstaff and Wendy Loretto Is 70 the new 60? Extending American women’s and men’s working lives ~ Debra Street and Joanne Tompkins PART THREE: Conclusion Gendered and extended work: research and policy needs for work in later life ~ Sarah Vickerstaff, Debra Street, Áine Ní Léime and Clary Krekula
