Retirement
Reasons, Processes, and Results
Published on 11. August 2003
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-0-8261-2054-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book reviews, summarizes, and integrates a diverse literature on the topic of retirement and provides a coherent view to better inform researchers and practitioners. Organized around three phases of the retirement process--pre-retirement, retirement decision-making, and post-retirement--the chapters examine economic, sociological, gerontological, and psychological theory and research. Topics discussed include: types of retirement, retirement planning and preparation, early retirement incentive programs, the economics of the retirement decision-making, and work after retirement, among others. Contributors include Jerome Kaplan, Kenneth Shultz, Harvey Sterns, and Linda Stroh.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
663 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8261-2054-0 (9780826120540)
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Content
Introduction and Overview of Current Research and Thinking on Retirement, T.A. Beehr and G.A. Adams
Contexts and Pathways: Retirement as Institution, Process, and Experience, M.D. Szinovacz
Retirement Planning and Preparation, M.A. Taylor
Endgame: The Design and Implementation of Early Retirement Incentive Programs, D.C. Feldman
Extending Work Lives: Are Current Approaches Tools or Talismans?, M.M. Greller and L.K. Stroh
The Economics of the Retirement Decision, C.B. Hatcher
Beyond Health and Wealth: Attitudinal and Other Influences on Retirement Decision-making, J.L. Barnes-Farrell
Self-Management of Career and Retirement, H.L. Sterns and J. Kaplan
Bridge Employment: Work After Retirement, K.S. Shultz
Early Retirement Systems and Behavior: An International Perspective, K. Henkens, H.P. Van Dalen, and Erasmus
University Rotterdam Data Analytic Techniques for Retirement Research, M.J. Zickar and R.E. Gibby
Concluding Observations and Future Endeavors, T.A. Beehr and G.A. Adams
Contexts and Pathways: Retirement as Institution, Process, and Experience, M.D. Szinovacz
Retirement Planning and Preparation, M.A. Taylor
Endgame: The Design and Implementation of Early Retirement Incentive Programs, D.C. Feldman
Extending Work Lives: Are Current Approaches Tools or Talismans?, M.M. Greller and L.K. Stroh
The Economics of the Retirement Decision, C.B. Hatcher
Beyond Health and Wealth: Attitudinal and Other Influences on Retirement Decision-making, J.L. Barnes-Farrell
Self-Management of Career and Retirement, H.L. Sterns and J. Kaplan
Bridge Employment: Work After Retirement, K.S. Shultz
Early Retirement Systems and Behavior: An International Perspective, K. Henkens, H.P. Van Dalen, and Erasmus
University Rotterdam Data Analytic Techniques for Retirement Research, M.J. Zickar and R.E. Gibby
Concluding Observations and Future Endeavors, T.A. Beehr and G.A. Adams