1st Edition
Late-career Risks in Changing Welfare States Comparing Germany and the United States since the 1980s
By Jan Paul Heisig
Copyright 2015
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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... Read more
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
Biography
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.
