Working beyond the state pension age in the United Kingdom: The role of working time flexibility and the effects on the home

Ageing and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 849-867

  Cebulla, Andreas ^a   Butt, Sarah ^a   Lyon, Nick ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extended working life; Flexible working; Older workers; State pension age

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; EMPLOYMENT; PENSION SYSTEM; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 35549012333     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X07006320     Document Type: Article

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