The future for older workers : New perspectives /

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This book provides a much-needed introductory guide to the issues surrounding pension policy, not just in the UK but worldwide, and offers a critique of some of the dominant ideas and assumptions. Noting the intense debate that currently surrounds the subject, the book explores a wider view of the c...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: White, Phil, Vickerstaff, Sarah, 1956-, Loretto, Wendy
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2007.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pays developpes.
Analyse comparative.
Marche du travail.
Previsions.
Gestion du personnel.
Politique de l'emploi.
Travailleurs âges.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Gerontology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Older people > Employment > Forecasting.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; The future for olderworkers; Contents; List of tables and figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Glossary of UK-based institutionsand programmes; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Older workers in the labour market: the demographic context; 3. The American experience of age discrimination legislation; 4. The employment of older people:can we learn from Japan?; 5. Moving older people into jobs:Incapacity Benefit, Labour's reforms and the job shortfall in the UK regions; 6. Women's knowledge of, and attitudes to, pensions.

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