Working Conditions in the Last Job and Transitions into Old-Age Pensions: An Analysis of Two Pension Entry Cohorts in Germany

Brussig, Martin

doi:10.1093/workar/wav016

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“…Conditions at work play an important role in turnover intentions (e.g., Cottini et al, 2011) as well as in retirement decision making (e.g., Brussig, 2016;Mortelmans & Vannieuwenhuyze, 2013;Van Solinge & Henkens, 2014). Conditions at work may thus be important as well when it comes to extending working live.…”

Section: Work-related Resourcesmentioning

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Older Workers’ Emotional Reactions to Rising Retirement Age: The Case of the Netherlands

Solinge

Henkens

2017

Work, Aging and Retirement

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All over the world the retirement landscape is changing. Probably one of the bigger and more fundamental changes is the rise in the pension eligibility age. The fact that these reforms came quickly after the closing of early retirement opportunities urged the pre-pension cohorts to adjust their retirement outlooks. This research studied older workers' emotional reactions to reforms that induce them to extend their working lives with a number of years. Using data from a large scale sample survey among 6,800 older workers in the Netherlands, aged 60-65 at time of interview in 2015, we examined why the pension reforms trigger stronger emotional reactions in some individuals than in others. We integrated theoretical insights from the theory of emotion and the resource-based perspective on retirement adjustment. Testing our hypotheses revealed that emotions are stronger among individuals that have less access to resources. Anger and worry is more prevalent among older workers in more demanding jobs, with less favorable personal (health, wealth) and social resources (no partner support). This research suggests that policy makers-mostly higher level professionals who are much less exposed to the challenges of working longer-have underestimated the psychological and social impact of the reforms on vulnerable groups of older workers and, in particular, less educated older workers with lower social status. With a further increase of retirement age to be expected, policy makers are challenged to design policies that spare vulnerable groups in particular, for example, by facilitating more flexibility in the retirement transition.

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Section: Work-related Resourcesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Older Workers’ Emotional Reactions to Rising Retirement Age: The Case of the Netherlands

Solinge

Henkens

2017

Work, Aging and Retirement

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“…Partial retirement would have allowed them to reduce working time between the old and new ERA. A reason for the low substitution into partial retirement may be that women in demanding jobs mainly worked for employers that did not offer partial retirement (Brussig, 2016;Wanger, 2010). Furthermore, before the reform, partial retirement was mainly offered to women with less demanding jobs.…”

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“…We differentiate the labor market reactions to the pension reform by levels of job demand. We measure physical and psychosocial job demands in occupations using the Job Exposure Matrices (JEM) suggested by Kroll (2011; matched to the three-digit Classification of Occupations (KldB-2010) in the last job before retirement (see Brussig, 2016;Mazzonna and Peracchi, 2017;Rijs et al, 2014 for similar empirical approaches). Occupation-level indicators of job demand are less likely to be influenced by preferences for work and leisure than subjective information about job demand reported by individual workers (Blekesaune and Solem, 2005).…”

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Early retirement of employees in demanding jobs: Evidence from a German pension reform

Zwick

Bruns

Geyer

et al. 2022

The Journal of the Economics of Ageing

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“…Many changers seem to leave marginal employment over time and tend to change to full-time employment. Also, a higher proportion of employees with low or medium vocational education and mainly physical work changed employer voluntarily; groups with a higher risk for early retirement in Germany (Brussig 2015). Moreover, employees with a lower income level, a partner and better physical health changed more frequently.…”

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The relationship between voluntary employer change and work ability among older workers: investigating the honeymoon-hangover effect

Garthe

Hasselhorn

2021

J Labour Market Res

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The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of voluntary employer changes on self-reported work ability among older workers in Germany and whether a honeymoon-hangover effect (HHE) exists here. In research on job satisfaction, three typical periods around a voluntary employer change characterize a HHE: a deterioration in the old job (deterioration), an initial increase in the new job (honeymoon) and a subsequent decline over time (hangover). Whether a HHE exists in respect to work ability following a voluntary employer change remained open. The analyses are based on data from the first three waves of the lidA study (2011, 2014, 2018), a representative cohort study of older employees in Germany born in 1959 or 1965. Data from 2502 workers who participated in all three study waves was analyzed. Fixed-effects regression analyses including lag and lead variables were conducted. A deterioration, honeymoon and hangover period were found. Work ability increased substantially following the voluntary employer change. Our study shows that voluntary employer changes have the potential to maintain work ability at higher working age, but not to increase the work ability in the long-term perspective. However, despite the existence of a hangover period, the positive overall effect of the voluntary change should not be underestimated.

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Working Conditions in the Last Job and Transitions into Old-Age Pensions: An Analysis of Two Pension Entry Cohorts in Germany

Cited by 10 publications

References 25 publications

Older Workers’ Emotional Reactions to Rising Retirement Age: The Case of the Netherlands

Older Workers’ Emotional Reactions to Rising Retirement Age: The Case of the Netherlands

Early retirement of employees in demanding jobs: Evidence from a German pension reform

The relationship between voluntary employer change and work ability among older workers: investigating the honeymoon-hangover effect

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