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This book presents a collection of nine studies which contribute to a more robust and richer understanding of entrepreneurship, self-employment and retirement in a diversity of settings, including the Netherlands, Canada, the United Kingdom, Singapore and the US, by drawing on both qualitative and quantitative data.
With the long-term trend toward earlier retirement slowing, and the majority of older workers remaining in employment up to and beyond statutory retirement age, it is increasingly important that we understand how to react to these changes. Bridge employment patterns and activities have changed greatly over the past decade, yet there is little information about the benefits of the various different forms this can take, both for employees and employers. This comparative international collection provides the first comprehensive summary of the literature on bridge employment, bringing together experiences from Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia and Japan. It identifies the opportunitie...
The emotional, social, and economic challenges faced by migrants and their families are interconnected through complex decisions related to mobility. Tangled Mobilities examines the different crisscrossing and intersecting mobilities in the lives of Asian migrants, their family members across Asia and Europe, and the social spaces connecting these regions. In exploring how the migratory process unfolds in different stages of migrants’ lives, the chapters in this collected volume broaden perspectives on mobility, offering insight into the way places, affects, and personhood are shaped by and connected to it.
This publication is the second volume of a report which discusses the changing age structure in European countries, characterised by the increase in the number of elderly persons and the decrease in the young and working populations. It focuses on the demographic characteristics of people aged 80 years and over, the fastest growing age group within the population, including existing living arrangements, health issues, gender and socio-economic characteristics.
This publication is the first volume of a report which examines the reproductive health behaviour of young people in Europe. It focuses on contraceptive practices and the use of abortion amongst young adults, and trends in teenage sexual behaviour in terms of pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases and HIV infections. These discussions provide a background for research into the possible impact of legislation and government policy on the role of the welfare system, the institutional framework of reproductive health services and education.
Retirement, as a major life transition, can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. Written by acclaimed authors in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book goes beyond the typical financial and health-related advice on retirement, providing insights to guide you in broader areas of your life – identity issues, relationship challenges, and questions about creating a new retirement life structure that works for you. With lively, engaging writing, the book tells the detailed retirement transition stories of 14 people – and draws on over 200 interviews with 120 people – to explore how retiring involves a reconstruction of both the person and their life...
This report considers key trends and characteristics of labour migration towards and within Europe, including labour migrant concepts and definitions, statistics on labour migrant flows, geographical patterns, demographic and occupational characteristics, irregular labour migration, management of migration flows, and impact on the labour market.