Ageing and the Transition to Retirement: A Comparative Analysis of European Welfare States

by +verbye,Einar; Maltby,Tony

• ISBN13: 9780754609223
• ISBN10: 0754609227
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-04-28
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book offers a refined and authoritative understanding of the current trends in population ageing and the labour force participation of older workers. It examines the welfare state arrangements in nine EU countries plus Hungary, Slovenia and Norway and considers the various perspectives and policy initiatives concerned with the changing relation between ageing and work.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	viii
List of Contributors	x
Acknowledgements	xiv
Introduction	1	(5)
Bert de Vroom
Tony Maltby
Maria Luisa Mirabile
Einar Øverbye
Age-arrangements, Age-culture and Social Citizenship: A Conceptual Framework for an Institutional and Social Analysis	6	(12)
Bert de Vroom
Norway: Still High Employment among Older Workers	18	(23)
Per Erik Solem
Einar Overbye
Ageing and Work: From `Early' Exit to `Late' Exit in Denmark	41	(26)
Per H. Jensen
From Early Exit Culture to the Policy of Active Ageing: The Case of Finland	67	(26)
Raija Gould
Laura Saurama
Early Retirement in Germany	93	(27)
Christina Teipen
Martin Kohli
The Shift from Early to Late Exit: Changing Institutional Conditions and Individual Preferences: The Case of The Netherlands	120	(34)
Bert de Vroom
Belgium: From Early to Progressive Retirement?	154	(11)
Laura Merla
France: A Country with a Deep Early Exit Culture	165	(21)
Anne-Marie Guillemard
Dominique Argoud
A `New Deal' for Older Workers in the United Kingdom?	186	(19)
Philip Taylor
Ageing and the Labour Market in Hungary	205	(14)
Zsuzsa Szeman
The Older Population in the Labour Market in Slovenia: Situation and Policies	219	(21)
Dorotea Versa
Ageing and Work in Italy	240	(20)
Maria Luisa Mirabile
Ageing and Work in Spain: The End of Working Life?	260	(22)
Anabel Suso Araico
Conclusions	282	(9)
Maria Luisa Mirabile
Index	291