Job Quality and Employment of Older People in Europe

We study the relationship between job quality and retirement using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, a longitudinal survey covering individuals aged 50+ in several European countries. Although most previous studies looked at the impact of bad working conditions on reti...

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Published in:Labour (Rome, Italy) Italy), 2014-06, Vol.28 (2), p.141-162
Main Authors: Schnalzenberger, Mario, Schneeweis, Nicole, Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf, Zweimüller, Martina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aging
Elderly
Employment
Europe
Females
J14
J18
J26
J28
Job Satisfaction
Longitudinal studies
Older people
Quality of Health Care
Retirement
Retirement age
Satisfaction
Studies
Survey data
Work Environment
Working conditions
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Summary:We study the relationship between job quality and retirement using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe, a longitudinal survey covering individuals aged 50+ in several European countries. Although most previous studies looked at the impact of bad working conditions on retirement intentions, we can use the panel dimension to study actual retirement as well as other pathways out of a job. As indicators for job quality we use three different approaches: overall job satisfaction, over‐ and undereducation for a particular job as well as effort–reward imbalance, which measures the imbalance between a worker's effort and the rewards he or she receives in turn. The analysis gives some evidence that poor job quality decreases retirement age, in particular for women.
ISSN:1121-7081
1467-9914
DOI:10.1111/labr.12028