Gender, Ageing and Extended Working Life Cross-National Perspectives /

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Other Authors: Loretto, Wendy (Editor), Krekula, Clary (Editor), Vickerstaff, Sarah, 1956- (Editor), Street, Debra (Editor), Ní Leime, Áine (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, [2019]
Series:Ageing in a global context
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505 0 |a Part One: Gendering later life work: empirical, theoretical and policy issues -- 1. The empirical landscape of extended working lives -- Introduction -- Simple problems, simple solutions? -- Live longer, work longer -- Balancing work and families -- Working longer, but in which kinds of jobs? -- Conclusion -- 2. Theoretical and conceptual issues in the extending working lives agenda -- Introduction -- A narrow focus on individuals -- The limiting homogeneous narration of the category 'older people' -- Interactive societal processes that affect the debate on an extended working life -- A simplified view of work -- Four steps towards a new research agenda -- Conclusion -- 3. Gender perspectives on extended working life policies -- Introduction -- International policy actors and extended working life -- Gender critique of generic work life policies -- Overview of countries and policies -- Pension policies and reforms -- Work-life balance employment policies: elder care and childcare -- Conclusion -- Part Two: Extended working life in seven OECD countries -- 4. The Australian empirical landscape of extended working lives: a gender perspective -- Introduction -- Government policy discourses promoting extended working lives -- Neoliberal policies of employment and 'welfare' rationalisation across the life course -- Cascading trajectories of 'de-accumulation' -- Conclusion: countervailing responses and public policy directions -- 5. Extended working lives in Germany from a gender and life-course perspective: a country in policy transition -- Introduction -- The institutional context of extending working lives.Welfare state reforms relevant to extending the working lives of men and women -- Extended working lives? -- Conclusion -- 6. Extended working life, gender and precarious work in Ireland -- Introduction -- Women's labour market participation -- Ireland: pension system and reforms -- Ireland: employment reforms for older workers -- Implications of reforms in the context of recession: precarious employment and gender -- Conclusion -- 7. Ageing and older workers in Portugal: a gender-sensitive approach -- Introduction -- Extending working lives and policy reforms in Portugal -- Anti-discrimination legislation and intersectional issues: age, gender, disability -- What do we know about gender and age in Portugal: distinctive patterns, processes and critical issues -- The current debate and future directions for policy and research: extended working life and gender -- 8. Sweden: an extended working life policy that overlooks gender considerations -- Introduction -- A gender-segregated labour market and an age-blind gender policy -- The Swedish pension system -- Retirement patterns -- Identified obstacles against an extended working life -- Starting point of the debate: a homogenisation of older people as a group -- Concluding discussion -- 9. The United Kingdom -- a new moral imperative: live longer, work longer -- Introduction -- Women in the labour market -- Age-related policy changes -- UK pensions system -- Family and caring-related policies -- Flexible employment and later-life working -- Discussion -- 10. Is 70 the new 60? Extending American women's and men's working lives -- Introduction -- Older workers in the US -- The US retirement income system -- Changes to Social Security, pension structures and retirement ages -- Social Security and extending working lives -- Private sector pensions.Policies associated with work-family balance and anti-age discrimination -- Discussion -- Part Three:Conclusion -- 11. Gendered and extended work: research and policy needs for work in later life -- Introduction -- Countries' experiences of extended working life -- Insights from a comparative assessment of extended working life -- Research agenda -- Policy agenda -- Index. 
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