TY - BOOK ID - 14472345 TI - Late-career risks in changing welfare states AU - Heisig, Jan Paul AU - Heisig, Jan Paul, PY - 2015 SN - 9048523656 9089646779 PB - Amsterdam University Press DB - UniCat KW - ;. KW - Welfare state KW - Public welfare KW - State, Welfare KW - Economic policy KW - Social policy KW - State, The KW - Welfare economics KW - Germany. KW - United States. KW - older workers. KW - retirement. KW - welfare state change. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14472345 AB - 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. ER -