Understanding Retirement Processes: The Role of Life Histories

Damman, Marleen

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“…For women, the latter motivation for delaying retirement can be especially important (Finch, 2014). In particular, a long period of inactivity or a reduction in working time may impair a woman's wealth later in life and thus affect her retirement intentions (Pienta, 2003;Finch, 2014;Damman, 2017).…”

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“…In this study, we examined work and family trajectories and their relationship to mothers' retirement intentions. Although other researchers have focused on this link (Pienta, 2003;Finch, 2014;Damman, 2017), the comparative perspective is the most important contribution of this study, allowing us to appreciate the combined effect of life histories and welfare regimes on women's retirement intentions.…”

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Who does not intend to retire? Mothers' opportunity costs and compensation at later ages in Europe

Kim

Rizzi

2019

Ageing and Society

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Research investigating the association between women's work–family trajectories and their retirement intentions is limited. Studies considering how different institutional conditions affect this association are even more limited. To fill this gap, we use the first three waves of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, 2004–2009, and apply two-level random effects models with country-level fixed effects to a sample of mothers aged 50–64 years. Our dependent variable is the intention to retire as early as possible. We found that the following two different mechanisms are associated with mothers' early retirement intentions: (a) strategies to compensate for opportunity costs and (b) work attachment. When all other factors are equal, mothers with a work career characterised by interruptions and part-time work intend to work longer than other mothers, indicating the need to compensate for lower lifelong earnings at older ages. Some compensatory strategies are also observed among mothers who are classified as ‘never married’, ‘divorced’ or ‘widowed’, who wish to continue their careers. In other cases, evidence supporting work attachment mechanisms is found; for instance, working when the youngest child is younger than six years predicts the intention to delay retirement. These results change according to the welfare regime, underlining the importance of family policies and pension benefits to counterbalance the effect of opportunity costs on mothers' earnings.

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Who does not intend to retire? Mothers' opportunity costs and compensation at later ages in Europe

Kim

Rizzi

2019

Ageing and Society

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Social Stratification of Retirement Transition

Turek,

Henkens

2023

The Oxford Handbook of Social Stratification

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This chapter considers the central role retirement plays in social stratification structures in later life. Retirement transition is embedded in social structures and affects an individual’s post-retirement position. In recent decades, retirement has departed from a traditional model of a clear-cut event and a static life period toward a more varied, dynamic, and unpredictable process. At the same time, public policies push to extend working lives but often ignore individual differences in the ability to work longer. These processes carry a risk of increasing inequalities at older ages. This chapter discusses theoretical approaches to social stratification at older ages, the diversification of retirement pathways, and the impact of aging policies on stratification. It argues that the stratificational role of retirement is increasing, and unified reforms can stimulate the development of inequalities and exclusions.

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Social representations of retirement: a study with professors from public higher education institutions

Vasconcelos da Nóbrega,

Helal

2023

IJEM

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PurposeThe article aims at analyzing the social representations of retirement in two different groups of professors – pre-retired and retired – from a public higher education institution. The goal is to explore the experiences, reflections, beliefs, and attitudes originated from the transition to retirement.Design/methodology/approachThe research, of exploratory and descriptive nature, was guided by the Social Representation Theory (SRT) and took a qualitative approach. 16 professors were interviewed, 8 in each group (pre-retired and retired professors), using semi-structured interviews that followed a script designed to discover the main aspects of the transition to retirement.FindingsThree figurative cores were raised – the financial aspect, the centrality of work, and the will to continue contributing, and the unpreparedness for retirement – and testimonies have shown heterogeneous representations. The study observed that although relevant, the bonus for continued services is not the main determinant for professors to continue working in the university.Originality/valueThe results of this study indicate the need to treat retirement as a complex and multidimensional process, offering a fresh perspective on the social representations of retirement in the academic context. The use of the Social Representation Theory to explore these perspectives adds to the originality of the approach, highlighting the multifaceted nature of the retirement process in this specific professional group.

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Understanding Retirement Processes: The Role of Life Histories

Cited by 4 publications

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Who does not intend to retire? Mothers' opportunity costs and compensation at later ages in Europe

Who does not intend to retire? Mothers' opportunity costs and compensation at later ages in Europe

Social Stratification of Retirement Transition

Social representations of retirement: a study with professors from public higher education institutions

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