Life Courses and Ends of Career: Towards De-Standardization? An Analysis of the Belgian Case

For decades, scientists have alerted the authorities about the aging population and its socioeconomic consequences. Number of work carried out in sociology fit within the paradigm of the Life Course. These describe an evolution in two stages since the 19th century. In this article, we focus on the second phase characterized by a double process of de-standardization and de-institutionalization. From the example of ends of career, this article attempts to test the hypothesis of a de-standardization of age at the end of the labor market in Belgium. De-standardization involves increasing the diver... Mehr ...