From work to community: how social participation and retirement can benefit older adults’ depression
Frontiers in PsychiatryObjectivesThe retirement phase and social participation influence the depressive symptoms of older individuals. Nonetheless, the fundamental mechanisms connecting these factors remain unclear.
Yiyu Zhan, He Ning, Yuchen Zhang
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Retirement Savings and Household Wealth: A Summary of Recent Data [PDF]
, 2003 Pension analysts refer to Social Security, employer-sponsored retirement plans, and personal savings as the “three-legged stool ” of retirement income, but for some workers at least one of the legs is missing.
Purcell, Patrick
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The Influence of the European Semester on Employment Policy in Croatia, 2013 – 2016
Anali Hrvatskog Politološkog Društva, 2017 This paper analyzes the effects of the European Semester, EU's framework for socio-economic policy coordination, on change of Croatian employment policy.
Mario Munta
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The health effects of forced retirement on older New Zealanders :|ba thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]
, 2018 This study investigated the relationship between forced retirement and physical and mental health of older New Zealanders. As well, individuals’ social support, socioeconomic status, and participation in employment and voluntary and recreational ...
Crookes, Nancey Jane
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Gender and educational differences in work participation and working years lost in Norway
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & HealthOBJECTIVES: This study aimed to quantify the duration of work participation and reasons for working years lost, according to gender and educational attainment, among a Norwegian population.
Suzanne L Merkus +6 more
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On leaving work as a calling: retirement as an existential imperative
International Journal of Ageing and Later Life, 2017 In this article, we argue that we will reach a deepened understanding of what the retirement process means for individuals if existential meaning is the centre of attention. The data consist of qualitative interviews conducted in Sweden.
Mattias Bengtsson, Marita Flisbäck
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Mandatory Retirement Rules and the Retirement Decisions of University Professors in Canada [PDF]
We examine the impact of mandatory retirement on the retirement decisions of professors in Canada using administrative data. We find that the age distributions of professors at universities without mandatory retirement and those at universities with ...
Casey Warman, Christopher Worswick
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Space, Society, Economy, 2017 Population ageing has drawn increasingly more attention to the question of retirement. On the one hand, the number of retirees increases and retirement becomes a more prominent part of life.
Anna Urbaniak
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The Role of Health Insurance in Joint Retirement among Married Couples [PDF]
This paper examines the role of employer provided health insurance in the retirement decisions of dual working couples. The near elderly have high-expected medical expenditures; therefore, availability of health insurance is an important factor in their ...
Jeannette Rogowski, Kanika Kapur
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It's Not Easy Being Gray: The New Rules of Retirement [PDF]
, 2009 Examines changes in the factors involved in retirement, including the labor market for older workers, demands and limitations of working longer, the effect of rising healthcare costs, and adequacy of retirement income.
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