Paid Work Beyond Pension Age

1. Introduction: Paid Work Beyond Pension Age — Causes, Contexts, Consequences
Simone Scherger

Part I. Country Cases

2. Work Beyond Age 65 in England and the USA
David Lain

3. The Social Stratification of Work Beyond Pension Age in Germany and the UK: Quantitative and Qualitative Evidence
Anna Hokema, Thomas Lux

4. Characteristics of Working Pensioners in Italy: Between Early Retirement Tradition and Reforms to Extend Working Life
Andrea Principi, Pietro Checcucci, Mirko Rosa, Giovanni Lamura

5. Work Beyond Pension Age in Sweden: Does a Prolonged Work Life Lead to Increasing Class Inequalities Among Older People?
Björn Halleröd

6. Work Beyond Pension Age in Russia: Labour Market Dynamics and Job Stability in a Turbulent Economy
Jonas Radl, Theodore P. Gerber

7. Working Pensioners in China: Financial Necessity or Luxury of Choice?
Ge Yu, Klaus Schömann

Part II. Contexts

8. Pension Reform in Europe: Context, Drivers, Impact
Karen M. Anderson

9. The Transition to Retirement: The Influence of Globalization, Public Policy and Company Policies
Victor W. Marshall

10. Companies and Older Workers: Obstacles and Drivers of Labour Market Participation in Recruitment and at the Workplace
Jutta Schmitz

11. Concepts of Retirement: Comparing Unions, Employers and Age-Related Non-Profit Organizations in Germany and the UK
Steffen Hagemann, Simone Scherger

Part III. Consequences

12. Later-Life Work, Health and Well-Being: Enduring Inequalities
Katey Matthews, James Nazroo

13. The Decline of ‘Late Freedom’? Work, Retirement and Activation — Comparative Insights from Germany and the USA
Silke Dyk

14. Open Questions and Future Prospects: Towards New Balances Between Work and Retirement?
Harald Künemund, Simone Scherger

Avainsanat: Social Sciences, Social Policy, Aging, Sociology of Work, Sociology, general, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology