Research Overviews ¬ Work in an ageing society

Matthias Herfurth, Martin Kohli und Klaus F. Zimmermann (Eds.)
Arbeit in einer alternden Gesellschaft. Problembereiche und Entwicklungstendenzen der Erwerbsbeteiligung Älterer
Work in an ageing society. Problem areas and development trends in the participation of elderly persons in the labour force

Opladen: Leske + Budrich 2003
(Sozialwissenschaften im Überblick, Volume 3), 301 pages
ISBN 3-8100-3816-4
24,90 EUR (only available through bookstores)

The participation of elderly persons in working life and the conditions and consequences of their transition to retirement are key topics in the social sciences. These topics are becoming highly explosive on account of the rapidly changing labour market and demographic ageing processes.

Will elderly workers again be needed to a greater extent in future? Will a lack of trainees and massive financial problems in social security systems lead to an increase in the lifetime work period and new retirement models? What challenges are facing companies in regard to the training and retention of the efficiency of their elderly employees? This book examines these questions.

The book is the result of intensive cooperation between the GESIS-department Social Science Information Centre (GESIS-IZ), the Research Institute for the Future of Work (IZA), the Research Group for Ageing and Life Careers (FALL) and the Institute for Sociology of the Free University of Berlin.

The book therefore contains an extensive overview of the current state of research from the aspects of economics and sociology. A scientometric description of the research area, an annotated list containing specialist information (institutions, Internet addresses) and a glossary round off the book, which also comes with a CD-ROM containing comprehensive references to relevant literature.

Research Overviews ¬  Work in an ageing society