Retirement trajectories in the Netherlands and Finland : Institutional change, inequalities, de-standardisation and destabilisation

This study approaches retirement as trajectories from work to old-age pension. Using detailed longitudinal register data from the Netherlands and Finland, it analyses sequences of income and labour market statuses in late careers. The study shows how national institutions shape individuals’ mode and timing of exit from the labour market, especially through old-age pension, early retirement, disability, and unemployment schemes, while analysing how gender and socioeconomic differences contribute to individual variation in these trajectories. Furthermore, this study analyses whether retirement a... Mehr ...