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Retirement: Institutional Pathways and Individual Trajectories in Britain and Germany [PDF]

open access: yes
Since the 1970s people have retired increasingly early across advanced societies. Parallel to this trend, numerous institutional early retirement pathways evolved, such as bridge unemployment and pre-retirement schemes.
Anette E. Fasang
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Planning and financial literacy : how do women fare? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Many older US households have done little or no planning for retirement, and there is a substantial population that seems to undersave for retirement.
Lusardi, Annamaria, Mitchell, Olivia S.
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Superannuation Reimagined: Moving Beyond the Origins to an Indigenous Focus

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Retirement income systems, such as superannuation, are meant to be non‐discriminatory and consider disadvantage faced by members of society. There are significant differences between the life expectancies of Indigenous and non‐Indigenous peoples. The gap in life expectancies is not considered when determining when Indigenous peoples can retire.
Levon Ellen Blue   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Planning for Retirement - There is no Substitute [PDF]

open access: yes
Retirement planning is often seen as a tool that may assist individuals to successfully accumulate retirement capital. However, the low level of ‘customization’ of the general information on retirement planning may prompt some individuals to oversimplify
Elena Simonova   +2 more
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
wiley   +1 more source

Retirement expectations and effects : a thesis presented in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Social Anthropology at Massey University [PDF]

open access: yes, 1987
In New Zealand, as in other Western societies, retirement has become a distinct and lengthy phase of the life-cycle. Some researchers have directed attention towards this topic but at present the potential for in-depth research on people in later life is
Scotney, Tere
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Building a Culture of Care in Laboratory Animal Science through practicing “remembrance”: A reflection on local practices in Sri Lanka

open access: yesAnimal Models and Experimental Medicine, EarlyView.
This flowchart shows how remembrance activities create space for emotional reflection, helping individuals respect and acknowledge their feelings about working with lab animals, and enhance team commitment to improve lab animal welfare. This emotional awareness can reduce compassion fatigue fueled by cultural and religious beliefs and promote human ...
A. D. D. S. Amarasekara   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

REVIEW OF KEY RETIREMENT INCOME METHANISMS IN THE UNITED STATES

open access: yesContemporary Economy, 2016
The article describes the major financial mechanisms that are used to generate retirement income in the US (United States). Financing retirement has become an increasingly important topic with recent news about the financial troubles of ZUS (Social ...
Jakub Szpytma
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