Education extends working life

Gender-specific effects of education at the transition to retirement

Coverbild: BWP 4/2021
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Issue/Year (Volume) 4/2021 (50)
Page(s) 44-47
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    englisch
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In July 2021, the Federal Employment Agency published an announcement stating that more than one million employees are now aged over 67.* Employment at an older age is becoming increasingly normal, albeit for different reasons. It is revealed that older women are particularly likely to have a lower income. It is also more probable that they will be affected by poverty. The present article investigates how gender-specific life histories structure the transition to retirement and looks at the influence exerted by level of education..

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Seegers, M.: Education extends working life. Gender-specific effects of education at the transition to retirement. In: BWP 50 (2021) 4, S. 44-47. URL: https://www.bwp-zeitschrift.de/dienst/publikationen/en/17615
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Seegers, M. (2021). Education extends working life: Gender-specific effects of education at the transition to retirement. Bonn: Franz Steiner Verlag

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