2022
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-11272-0_1
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Abstract: In recent years, policies that extend the working life have been a key feature of European and other countries with post-industrialised economies. These policies focus on two dimensions of work and retirement which governments consider crucial to reform if pension systems are to be safeguarded in the context of ageing populations. First, legal and administrative reforms are pushing back the legal age of retirement thereby withholding pension rights until workers have reached a certain age. Second, defined bene… Show more

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“…Life course theory suggests that the accumulated effects of experiences, circumstances and institutional setting over an individual life course affect that individual's life trajectories, including late work (Elder Jr, 1995;Kohli, 2007;Settersten Jr, 2006). Starting even before birth, genetic, epigenetic and prenatal factors, then various sources and forms of capital accumulated over the life course, are linked to ageing processes (Burnay et al, 2023;Ferraro & Shippee, 2009). These accumulated resources are shaped by both individual decisions, values and preferences (agency), and the institutional, cultural, economic and political context (structure) in which individuals live (Marshall, 2005).…”
Section: Life Course Perspectivementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Life course theory suggests that the accumulated effects of experiences, circumstances and institutional setting over an individual life course affect that individual's life trajectories, including late work (Elder Jr, 1995;Kohli, 2007;Settersten Jr, 2006). Starting even before birth, genetic, epigenetic and prenatal factors, then various sources and forms of capital accumulated over the life course, are linked to ageing processes (Burnay et al, 2023;Ferraro & Shippee, 2009). These accumulated resources are shaped by both individual decisions, values and preferences (agency), and the institutional, cultural, economic and political context (structure) in which individuals live (Marshall, 2005).…”
Section: Life Course Perspectivementioning
confidence: 99%