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This open access book addresses the important and neglected question of older workers who are excluded from the labour market. It challenges post-capitalist discourses of active ageing with a focus on restrictive end-of-career and retirement measures. The book demonstrates how a paradigm shift is generating real processes of exclusion for important sectors of the population. By providing strong empirical evidence from different contexts, the impact of different life course trajectories on the risks and the opportunities at the end of career are demonstrated. The organisation of workplace and institutional frameworks which reinforce inequalities are also presented. As such the book is an essential reading for students, academics and policy makers who seek to understand how exclusion processes operate to the disadvantage of older workers in the labour market. .

Life cycle, Human. --- Labor economics. --- Population—Economic aspects. --- Aging. --- Social structure. --- Equality. --- Industrial sociology. --- Life Course. --- Labor and Population Economics. --- Ageing. --- Social Structure. --- Sociology of Work. --- Sociology --- Industrial organization --- Industries --- Egalitarianism --- Inequality --- Social equality --- Social inequality --- Political science --- Democracy --- Liberty --- Organization, Social --- Social organization --- Anthropology --- Social institutions --- Age --- Ageing --- Senescence --- Developmental biology --- Gerontology --- Longevity --- Age factors in disease --- Economics --- Human life cycle --- Life stages, Human --- Lifecycle, Human --- Human growth --- Life cycles (Biology) --- Maturation (Psychology) --- Developmental psychology --- Social aspects --- Physiological effect --- Life course --- Active aging --- Inequalities --- Working conditions --- Critical gerontology --- Social exclusion --- Retirement preferences --- Early retirement --- Retirement timing --- Extending working life --- Manual labour --- Loss of work motivation --- Disability benefits --- Retirement benefits --- Older employees --- Discrimination of older workers --- Restrictive end-of-career and retirement measures

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This volume addresses the current debate on extended working life policy by considering the influence of gender and health on the experiences of older workers. Bringing together an international team of scholars, it tackles issues as gender, health status and job/ occupational characteristics that structure the capacity and outcomes associated with working longer. The volume starts with an overview of the empirical and policy literature; continues with a discussion of the relevant theoretical perspectives; includes a section on available data and indicators; followed by 25 very concise and unique country reports that highlight the main extended working life (EWL) research findings and policy trajectories at the national level. It identifies future directions for research and addresses issues associated with effective policy-making. This volume fills an important gap in the knowledge of the consequences of EWL and it will be an invaluable source for both researchers and policy makers. .

Social policy. --- Industrial sociology. --- Employee health promotion. --- Aging. --- Sociology. --- Social Policy. --- Sociology of Work. --- Employee Health and Wellbeing. --- Gender Studies. --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Age --- Ageing --- Senescence --- Developmental biology --- Gerontology --- Longevity --- Age factors in disease --- Employee wellness programs --- Employees --- Health promotion in the workplace --- Occupational health promotion --- Workplace health promotion --- Worksite health promotion --- Health promotion --- Occupational health services --- Sociology --- Industrial organization --- Industries --- National planning --- State planning --- Economic policy --- Family policy --- Social history --- Physiological effect --- Social aspects --- Social Policy --- Sociology of Work --- Employee Health and Wellbeing --- Aging --- Gender Studies --- Human Resource Management --- Extended Working Life (EWL) --- Influences of Gender and Health on EWL --- Foundation for Evidence-Based Policymaking --- Extended Working Life Debate --- Gender and Health of Older Workers --- Extended Working Life and Pension Policies --- Introduction of Extended Working Life (EWL) Policies --- Europe and Dealing with Extending the Working Life --- Extended Working Life Under Neoliberal Societal Change --- Indicators for Health and Socio-Economic Well-Being --- Implications for Well-Being in a Gender Perspective --- Extended Working Life and Employment Policies --- Extended Working Life and Health Policies --- Precarious Emplyment and Improving Policies --- Open Access --- Political economy --- Social & ethical issues --- Sociology: work & labour --- Personnel & human resources management --- Age groups: the elderly --- Age groups: adults --- Gender studies, gender groups