Age, Work and Social Security

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Trends in the Health of the Elderly in Western Societies....Pages 3-19
Early Retirement of Older Male Workers Under the Dutch Social Security Disability Insurance Programme....Pages 20-50
Firm Pension Policy and Early Retirement....Pages 51-88
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
Cross-National Patterns of Retirement and Poverty among Men and Women in the Mid 1980s: Full Stop or Gradual Withdrawal?....Pages 91-114
The Economic Well-being of Older Men in Six Countries....Pages 115-131
Two Nations in Early Retirement? The Case of Britain....Pages 132-160
Measuring the Well-being of the Elderly....Pages 161-187
The Production of Gender Disparities over the Life Course and Their Effects in Old Age — Results from the West German Life History Study....Pages 188-223
Minimum Standards in Old Age Security and the Problem of Poverty in Old Age....Pages 224-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Age, Work and Social Security: The Policy Context....Pages 255-269
Ageing and Pensions in Their Social Setting: Demographic and Other Elements Affecting Social Security....Pages 270-307
Harmonization of Pension Schemes in Europe? A Controversial Issue in the Light of Economics....Pages 308-340
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Retirement Policy: An Idiosyncratic Research Agenda....Pages 343-356
Evaluation from the Policy Viewpoint....Pages 357-364
Back Matter....Pages 365-374