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Préparer la Retraite: New Age-Inscriptions in West African Middle Classes

open access: yesAnthropology & Aging, 2018
New ways of imagining, planning and living old age are actually emerging in the republic of Benin, West Africa. This process could be understood as the dissemination of an idea of retirement from the sector of formal labor and the corresponding social ...
Erdmute Alber
doaj   +1 more source

The contribution of former work-related activity levels to predict physical activity and sedentary time during early retirement : moderating role of educational level and physical functioning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: The transition to retirement introduces a decline in total physical activity and an increase in TV viewing time. Nonetheless, as more time becomes available, early retirement is an ideal stage to implement health interventions.
Cardon, Greet   +3 more
core   +4 more sources

Circularity, Sustainability, and the Quality of Coffee Sold via Vending Machines: What Do Italian Consumers Prefer?

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vending is an important sector in the daily lives of many people, and coffee is the most frequently consumed product in the European market. Like many other sectors, vending is responding to the challenge of sustainable development by taking various actions, such as offering increasingly ecologically sound coffee while maintaining/improving ...
Alberto Bertossi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Benefits, Rights and Features Nondiscrimination Testing and Phased Retirement Programs [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Various studies indicate that formal phased retirement programs within defined benefit plans are wanted and needed by both employers and employees. Phased retirement programs may be useful for employees who want to reduce their hours during later stages ...
Workplace Flexibility 2010, Georgetown University Law Center
core   +1 more source

Effects of Environmental and Health Information on Willingness to Pay for Local and Organic Foods in Taiwan

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using a lab‐in‐the‐field experiment, we investigate how providing information about food miles and pesticide residue influences willingness to pay (WTP) for potatoes among 407 shoppers in Taiwan, split between a supermarket and a farmers market.
Chiu‐Lin Huang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A systematic review of physician retirement planning

open access: yesHuman Resources for Health, 2016
BackgroundPhysician retirement planning and timing have important implications for patients, hospitals, and healthcare systems. Unplanned early or late physician retirement can have dire consequences in terms of both patient safety and human resource ...
M. Silver   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

How unobservable bond positions in retirement accounts affect asset allocation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Many tax-codes around the world allow for special taxable treatment of savings in retirement accounts. In particular, profits in retirement accounts are usually tax exempt which allow investors to increase an asset’s return by holding it in such a ...
Marekwica, Marcel, Maurer, Raimond
core  

Developing and Refining a Knowledge Assessment Instrument for Individuals Involved in Managing Occupational Heat Stress: Paper A

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Industrial Medicine, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Occupational heat stress poses a critical threat to workers' health, safety, and productivity. To effectively manage this hazard, occupational health and safety (OHS) representatives must comprehensively understand heat stress, heat‐associated injury and disease outcomes, and heat mitigation measures to protect workers.
Emily J. Tetzlaff   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perception about social and financial issues of life after retirement: A case study of academic staff of public sector universities in Lahore Pakistan

open access: yesCogent Business & Management, 2016
The aim of the study was to understand the effect of social and financial issues on life after retirement of academic staff of public sector universities. Detailed questionnaire was developed and used to collect primary data from a sample of 254 academic
Sara Saeed, Aamir Sarwar
doaj   +1 more source

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