Delaying Retirement

Chapter 1 Retirement Transitions in Times of Institutional Change: Theoretical Concept

Chapter 2 Trends and Determinants of Retirement Transition in Europe, the USA and Japan: A Comparative Overview

Chapter 3 Determinants of Retirement and Late Careers in Estonia

Chapter 4 Path Dependency Versus New Determinants of Retirement in the Czech Republic

Chapter 5 Retirement in a Context of Strong Institutional Uncertainty and Territorial Diversities: The Case of Italy

Chapter 6 Ebb and Flow of Early Retirement: Pension Reform and Labor Market Participation of Older Workers in Spain

Chapter 7 Germany: A Successful Reversal of Early Retirement?

Chapter 8 From Early Exit to Postponing Pension: How the Dutch Polder Model Shapes Retirement

Chapter 9 Retirement Determinants in Austria: An Aging Society but a Hesitant Policymaker!?

Chapter 10 Employment and Retirement of Older Workers in the UK

Chapter 11 Japan: Determinants of Retirement in a Hyper-Aged Society

Chapter 12 The Gendered and Liberal Retirement Regime in Switzerland

Chapter 13 The Outdistanced Vanguard: Early Retirement Policy in Denmark as an Obstacle to Progress in Active Aging

Chapter 14 Sweden: Steeply Rising Older Workers’ Employment Rates in a Late-Exit Country

Chapter 15 The Increasing Heterogeneity of Retirement in the USA: Interactions Between State, Firm, and Individual Determinants of Later-Life Labor Force Withdrawal

Chapter 16 Retirement Transitions Under Changing Institutional Conditions: Towards Increasing Inequalities? Comparing Evidence from 13 Countries