Gender, Ageing and Extended Working Life : : Cross-National Perspectives / / ed. by Wendy Loretto, Clary Krekula, Sarah Vickerstaff, Debra Street, Aine Ni Leime.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Alvinius, Aida,; Brooke, Elizabeth,; Calasanti, Toni,; Casaca, Sara Falcão,; Duvvury, Nata,; Engström, Lars-Gunnar,; Finn, Caroline,; Hokema, Anna,; Krekula, Clary,; Loretto, Wendy,; Léime, Áine Ní,; Perista, Heloísa,; Phillipson, Chris,; Scharf, Thomas,; Street, Debra,; Tompkins, Joanne,; Vickerstaff, Sarah,
• HerausgeberIn: Krekula, Clary,; Loretto, Wendy,; Ni Leime, Aine,; Street, Debra,; Vickerstaff, Sarah,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Policy Press, , [2017]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: Ageing in a Global Context
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

Nations that are raising retirement ages appear to work on the assumption that there is appropriate employment available for people who are expected to retire later. 'Gender, ageing and extended working life' challenges both this narrative, and the gender-neutral way the expectation for extending working lives is presented in most policy-making circles. The international contributors to this book - part of the Ageing in a Global Context series - 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 occupational locations, and offer solutions governments should consider to enable them to evaluate existing policies. Based on evidence from Australia, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States, this is essential reading for researchers and students, and for policymakers who formulate and implement employment and pensions policy at national and international levels.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- List of abbreviations -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Series editors’ preface -- Gendering later life work: empirical, theoretical and policy issues -- The empirical landscape of extended working lives -- Theoretical and conceptual issues in the extending working lives agenda -- Gender perspectives on extended working life policies -- Extended working life in seven OECD countries -- The Australian empirical landscape of extended working lives: a gender perspective -- Extended working lives in Germany from a gender and life-course perspective: a country in policy transition -- Extended working life, gender and precarious work in Ireland -- Ageing and older workers in Portugal: a gender-sensitive approach -- Sweden: an extended working life policy that overlooks gender considerations -- The United Kingdom – a new moral imperative: live longer, work longer -- Is 70 the new 60? Extending American women’s and men’s working lives -- Conclusion -- Gendered and extended work: research and policy needs for work in later life -- Index