Return to Work After Retirement: Contributing Factors and Health Implications

An issue of mounting importance in many industrialized nations, including Canada, is that of population aging. Because of fears that this trend could result in labour force shortages, many national governments and international organizations have encouraged policies aimed at prolonging the working life. This thesis builds on work that has been done to identify factors relevant to the likelihood of involvement in post-retirement work by examining how interactions among various demographic variables impact this likelihood. Furthermore, we investigated how post-retirement work is related to three measures of health and well-being. As well as confirming results obtained by others, we have found significant interactions between gender and marital status, current age, and age at retirement, that influence the likelihood of involvement in post-retirement work. We have also found that post-retirement work is generally associated with higher levels of health and well-being. The theoretical and policy implications of our outcomes are discussed.

Name thesis:degree_name

MA

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Grantor dc:publisher

The University of Western Ontario

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Settels, Jason

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Julie Ann McMullin

• aging
• bridge employment
• health
• population aging
• post-retirement work
• retirement

Language dc:language.iso

en_ca

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14721/37918

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uwo.scholaris.ca:20.500.14721/37918