Involuntary retirement, bridge employment, and satisfaction with life: A longitudinal investigation

Dingemans, Ellen; Henkens, Kène

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“…Examining intentions in addition to behavior can, however, be expected to result in a more comprehensive understanding of the way in which women's retirement processes are embedded in the family life course. Prior studies have shown that a considerable share of retirement transitions (around 25-30 percent) is perceived as involuntary or forced (Dingemans and Henkens 2014;Szinovacz and Davey 2005;Van Solinge and Henkens 2007), suggesting that control over the retirement transition is often limited. Therefore, experiences earlier in life might be more informative for explaining differences in retirement intentions than for explaining differences in retirement behavior (Beehr 1986).…”

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Women’s Retirement Intentions and Behavior: The Role of Childbearing and Marital Histories

2015

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Although from a life course perspective women's retirement timing can be expected to be related to family events earlier in life, such as childbirth and divorce, empirical insights into these relationships show that women who postponed childbearing and still have children living at home during preretirement years have the intention to retire relatively late. For retirement behavior this effect was not statistically significant. Ever divorced single women both intend to and actually retire later than continuously married women. Repartnering after a divorce seems to offset the negative divorce effect: retirement timing intentions and behavior of repartnered women did not differ from continuously married women. Also the preretirement financial, health, and work opportunity structure -factors that are often central in studies among men -did play an explanatory role. Women who have a less beneficial preretirement financial situation, a better health situation, and challenging work intend to and actually retire relatively late.

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“…Retirement increasingly contains post-retirement transitions in and out of the workforce, often referred to as "bridge employment" (4). Nonetheless, while the mental well-being of retirees has been examined in relation to retirement voluntariness (5,6) and bridge employment (7), few studies have thus far focused on the combined impact of these retirement transition characteristics (8).…”

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How do retirement dynamics influence mental well-being in later life? A 10-year panel study

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This paper takes an innovative approach by applying fixed-effects analysis to investigate whether intra-individual changes in the work status in later life are associated with changes in mental well-being after retirement. The results show that bridge employment can function as a control maintenance strategy for involuntary retirees and prevent negative changes in self-efficacy and life satisfaction. Original article Scand J Work Environ Health. 2015;41(1):16-23. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3464 How do retirement dynamics influence mental well-being in later life? A 10-year panel study Objectives Empirical studies have consistently shown the negative impact of involuntary retirement on mental well-being. However, few studies have thus far investigated the degree to which post-retirement work affects late-life outcomes. The present study improves our understanding of the impact of retirement on the self-efficacy and life satisfaction among older adults by focusing on the combined impact of retirement voluntariness and participation in post-retirement work. AffiliationMethods By using panel data on retirement behavior in the Netherlands, we estimated fixed effects and multilevel models to explain (intra-)individual changes in self-efficacy and life satisfaction over a 10-year period in which most participants made the transition to retirement. ResultsThe results indicate that involuntary retirement is associated with decreases in both self-efficacy and life satisfaction in later life. Whereas involuntary retirees who participate in bridge jobs show no changes in life satisfaction, those involuntary retirees without bridge jobs experience a decline in life satisfaction. In addition, we found enhanced levels of life satisfaction for voluntary retirees in bridge employment. The association with self-efficacy was less pronounced. ConclusionThese results suggest that the characteristics of the retirement process influence changes in mental well-being in later life. Specifically, bridge employment alleviates the negative consequences of involuntary retirement and even seems to enhance post-retirement well-being for voluntary retirees.

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“…La práctica privada pasa a perfilarse como un complemento económico y una forma de protegerse y compensar. Esto significa una no-ruptura del ámbito laboral a través de un "trabajo-puente" que presenta efectos muy positivos para el profesional, tal y como se ha señalado en otras investigaciones 7,20,26 . Este "trabajo-puente", que no es homogéneo para todo el colectivo, supone un espacio para seguir siendo médico y compensar los efectos de la presión o la ignorancia institucional.…”

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La percepción del colectivo médico sobre la gestión del proceso de desvinculación

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Resumen: El concepto y el proceso de desvinculación están evolucionando rápidamente. El objetivo del artículo es conocer las percepciones de los profesionales de la medicina de Cataluña (España) sobre el proceso de desvinculación e identificar estrategias y configurar propuestas que permitan un ajuste más satisfactorio. Mediante una aproximación cualitativa, se han realizado 16 entrevistas en profundidad a personas clave del contexto sanitario (fase 1) y 6 grupos focales a 72 personas, atendiendo a criterios muestrales (fase 2). El análisis es interpretacional, siguiendo los supuestos de la Grounded Theory. La comparación y triangulación constante de los resultados generados por las diferentes técnicas e investigadores muestra la representación social que tiene la organización sanitaria actual, inmersa en el nuevo modelo de gestión pública, sobre el colectivo médico y su proceso de desvinculación. En este sentido, la jubilación es vista como un tema personal y ajeno a las políticas de recursos humanos, más interesadas en rejuvenecer plantillas con un “coste” menor. Ante esta situación se proponen alternativas que valoren la pericia y experiencia del médico antes de desvincularse de la organización sanitaria.

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Involuntary retirement, bridge employment, and satisfaction with life: A longitudinal investigation

Cited by 143 publications

References 52 publications

Women’s Retirement Intentions and Behavior: The Role of Childbearing and Marital Histories

Women’s Retirement Intentions and Behavior: The Role of Childbearing and Marital Histories

How do retirement dynamics influence mental well-being in later life? A 10-year panel study

La percepción del colectivo médico sobre la gestión del proceso de desvinculación

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