Title |
“I want to break free”. The role of working conditions on retirement expectations and decisions
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Published in |
European Journal of Ageing, December 2014
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DOI | 10.1007/s10433-014-0326-8 |
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Authors |
Chiara Dal Bianco, Elisabetta Trevisan, Guglielmo Weber |
Abstract |
We investigate the role of working conditions on the desire to retire as soon as possible and on the probability of transition from employment to either full or partial retirement, using different measures of work quality. We find that low work quality strongly correlates with the desire to retire as soon as possible of "young-old" workers. This might be explained by the deterioration of employer-employee match with age due to reduced incentives for firms to invest in training and work practises that enhance workability of their senior workers. When we move from intentions to decisions, the role of work quality is less clear-cut and it mainly plays a role in the transitions from employment to full retirement. |
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