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| Award/Grant Name:
Midlife Attitudes to Retirement. International Comparison of Changes |
| Award/Grant Holder:
Professor Sara Arber |
| Co-applicant(s):
Dr Jay Ginn |
| Start Date:
01/08/2004 |
End Date:
30/11/2004 |
| Award/Grant Description |
Early exit from the labour market is a matter of great concern for ageing societies. Despite a substantial literature on retirement behaviour, there is incomplete understanding of older workers’ orientations to work and retirement, how these may be changing over time and how they vary with the major structural dimensions of gender, socio-economic status and age group (DfEE 2000). The research aims to redress these gaps, contributing to sociological understanding of midlife and helping to inform policy concerning the extension of the working life.
Data from two waves of the International Social Survey Programme will be used to analyse how views of individuals aged 50-69 concerning employment and retirement change over time and how attitudes may alter with ageing. Comparisons will be made across countries with contrasting approaches to welfare. The research will analyse:
- Attitudes of the same age groups in 1989 and 1997, to measure change over time in orientations to work;
- Attitudes of two quasi-cohorts, to assess how orientations to work change with simulated ageing over 8 years, as state pension age approaches or is passed; and
- How changes in attitudes vary with gender, marital status and socioeconomic position.
| Keywords:
retirement; older workers; age; gender; sociology |
| Award/Grant Amount |
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Award/Grant Type |
| £11,520.28 |
RES-000-22-0731 |
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Sociology |
Research Grant Small |
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