| Description |
1 online resource (239 p.) |
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Gender and Well-Being Ser |
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Gender and Well-Being Ser
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| Contents |
Intro -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Introduction to Well-being and Extended Working Life: A Gender Perspective -- Extended working life -- Changing workforce characteristics -- Examination of impacts of EWL policies by gender -- Contents of the book -- Policy recommendations -- Concluding remarks -- Note -- References -- 2. Extended Working Life in Austria and the EU28 -- How Do Gender, Health and Life Satisfaction Relate to Longer Working Life? What Else Matters? |
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Introduction -- Background -- Some statistical evidence -- Data analysis (the European Quality of Life Survey) -- Concluding remarks -- References -- 3. The Discrepancy between Actual and Preferred Work and Working Hours. Proposing a Triple-A Approach to Understand Employment and Time Constraints in the ""Rush Hour"" and ""Autumn"" of Working Life -- Introduction -- Literature review and concepts -- Explanations for preferences and mismatches -- Explaining mismatches through the Triple-A approach: Available, affordable and attractive employment and working hours -- Concepts of mismatches |
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Main career phase -- Micro-level: Attractiveness depends on the availability of a good quality job, affordability and caring responsibilities -- Macro-level: Huge cross-country differences in the availability and affordability of employment and reduced working hours influence attractiveness -- Late career phase -- Micro-level: Attractiveness of work versus retirement depends on the availability of a quality job, affordability and health -- Macro-level: Do the availability, affordability and the attractiveness of desired working hours or retirement differ across countries and in terms of gender? |
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Discussion: Assumptions on generational regimes -- Working time (preferences) before and during the COVID-19 crisis -- Limitations -- Conclusion -- References -- 4. The Working Conditions of Older Workers in Comparative Perspective -- Introduction -- The challenges of using comparative survey data to study working conditions -- Framing extending working lives in comparative perspective -- Mapping the employment patterns of older workers in comparative perspective -- Methodology: MCA techniques and data |
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The main differentiating factors: The distribution of (physically) demanding working conditions and the (in)ability to articulate work and family life -- The secondary differentiating factors: The distribution of non-manual working conditions, employment status and working time patterns -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Appendix -- 5. The Impact of Age and Perceived Age Discrimination on Job Satisfaction and Mental Health -- Introduction -- Literature review -- Data -- Empirical method -- Descriptive statistics -- Job satisfaction analysis -- Mental health analysis |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Discussion and conclusion |
| Subject |
Older women -- Employment
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Well-being -- Europe
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Retirement age -- Europe
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Carney, Patricia
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Ní Léime, Áine
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Spijker, Jeroen
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Zrinsčak, Sinisa
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| ISBN |
9781000781823 |
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1000781828 |
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