Adjustment to longer working lives among older workers in the Netherlands

Concerns regarding the long term sustainability of the welfare state have urged national governments to reform their pension systems. The pace in which reforms have been implemented in the Netherlands took many employees by surprise. Cohorts born in 1950 and later had to adjust their perspectives on retirement several times in succession. This paper addressed the question how working adults age 60+ adjust to the changing prospects of a longer working life. We argued that feelings of anger about the reforms and worries about one’s capability to survive in the job reflect poor adjustment. We the... Mehr ...