Late-career Risks in Changing Welfare States

Comparing Germany and the United States since the 1980s
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-18205-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 620 g

Reihe: Changing Welfare States

Motivated by ongoing debates over welfare state retrenchment and growing economic insecurity, this book compares the situation of older workers in Germany and the United States over the past three decades. Both nations are seeing a rise in insecurity for older workers, but the differences in support programs, pensions, and retirement options have led to differing outcomes for workers faced with early retirement or job loss.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heisig, Jan Paul

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I - Background Ch. 1: Introduction Ch. 2: Welfare state change and income mobility: a framework Ch. 3: Institutional context and social policy change Ch. 4: Data and Methods Part II - Economic consequences of retirement Ch. 5: Literature review and research questions Ch. 6: The changing economic consequences of retirement Part III - Economic consequences of late-career job loss Ch. 7: Literature review and research questions Ch. 8: The changing economic consequences of late-career job loss Part IV - Conclusion Ch. 9: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Jan Paul Heisig is a researcher at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB - Berlin Social Science Center). He is the author of several research articles that have appeared in journals such as American Sociological Review and Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie.