Ending a Career in the Auto Industry

"30 and Out"
1996. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-306-45336-6
Verlag: Springer Us

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

Reihe: Springer Studies in Work and Industry

During the 1980s the news media were filled with reports of soaring unemployment as 'downsizing' and `restructuring' became the new buzzwords. Firms managed their workforce reduction by increasing the attractiveness of their pension plans-especially their early-retirement plans. In this volume, the authors examine the U.S. auto industry and present a full-scale analysis of the work and retirement decisions of its workers. They address organizational context and the logic of financial incentives in employer-provided early retirement plans. The impact of pension provisions, layoffs, plant closures, attitudes about `generational equity', and other factors influencing the workers' evaluation of the optimum time to end their careers in the auto industry are explored.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hardy, Melissa A

Hazelrigg, Lawrence

Quadagno, Jill

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Kultur-, Wissenschafts- & Technologiepolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Industrie- und Technologiepolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Internal Labor Markets, Plant Closings, and Retirement.- Some Matters of Context.- The Financial Structure of Early-Retirement Pensions.- Predicting Early Retirement.- Discussing Options in an End-Game.- Solidarity and “Generational Equity”.- Aspects of Postretirement Satisfaction.- Inducing Early Retirement: Some Conclusions in Perspective.