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Ageing and the Transition to Retirement

A Comparative Analysis of European Welfare States
By Bert De Vroom and Einar Øverbye
Series: New Perspectives on Ageing and Later Life
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Ageing and the Transition to Retirement explores two conflicting trends in Europe: the population ageing and the decline in labour force participation among workers aged 50 and over. The book examines the socio-economic challenges these trends pose for European welfare states, including rising costs of retirement pathways and the risk of labour shortages. Covering welfare arrangements in nine EU countries plus Hungary, Slovenia and Norway, it analyses policy initiatives aimed at integrating older workers into the labour market and offers varied perspectives on ageing and work.
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This book is suited for policymakers, academics and students interested in labour economics, ageing populations and welfare state policies. It also appeals to professionals engaged with retirement planning and workforce management in Europe.

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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.

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There are two conflicting trends in Europe: a demographic shift towards population ageing, and a massive decrease in the labour force participation of older workers (aged 50 years and over). This captivating book offers a refined and authoritative understanding of these trends and the two socio-economic concerns of most European welfare states that have been reinforced as a consequence.

These are: the increasing costs for welfare states to finance 'pathways' from employment to official retirement, and the threat of labour market shortages in the near future as a result of both the ageing process and the early exit of older workers. A variety of new policy initiatives can be observed emerging from these changes in many European countries — this book examines the different welfare state arrangements in nine EU countries plus Hungary, Slovenia, and Norway.

Ageing and the Transition to Retirement considers ways of integrating older workers in the labour market along with differing perspectives on the relation between ageing and work.

Series: New Perspectives on Ageing and Later Life

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138263673

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 16 May 2017

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Contributors:

  • Edited by Tony Maltby

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 570g

Pages: 310

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Bert De Vroom Education & Reference Einar Øverbye Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Self-Help & Personal Development Series: New Perspectives on Ageing and Later Life

About the Author

Tony Maltby is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the Institute of Applied Social Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK; Bert De Vroom is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands; Maria Luisa Mirabile works for IRES (Economic and Social Research Institute) in Rome, Italy; and Einar Øverbye is Senior Researcher for NOVA (Norwegian Social Research) in Oslo, Norway.

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