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" The future for older workers : "
edited by Wendy Loretto, Sarah Vickerstaff and Phil White.
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BL
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957587
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b711957
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The future for older workers : : new perspectives /\ edited by Wendy Loretto, Sarah Vickerstaff and Phil White.
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| Publication Statement
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Bristol, UK :: Policy Press,, 2007.
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1 online resource (xvii, 237 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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1281741728
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: 1447303806
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: 1847422497
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: 6611741720
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: 9781281741721
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: 9781447303800
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: 9781847422491
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: 9786611741723
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1861348967
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9781861348968
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Cover; The future for olderworkers; Contents; List of tables and figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Glossary of UK-based institutionsand programmes; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Older workers in the labour market: the demographic context; 3. The American experience of age discrimination legislation; 4. The employment of older people:can we learn from Japan?; 5. Moving older people into jobs:Incapacity Benefit, Labour's reforms and the job shortfall in the UK regions; 6. Women's knowledge of, and attitudes to, pensions.
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| Abstract
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This book provides a much-needed introductory guide to the issues surrounding pension policy, not just in the UK but worldwide, and offers a critique of some of the dominant ideas and assumptions. Noting the intense debate that currently surrounds the subject, the book explores a wider view of the continuing issues about pension policy. It draws attention to an ideological 'fault-line' running through pensions policy, between a dominant view of pensions as deferred earnings on the one hand and a view of them as providers of an adequate income to enable elderly people to participate fully in society on the other. It argues for more attention to that second perspective, as an aspect of the search for a satisfactory work/life balance. Critical of the many 'quick fix' approaches to the topic, the author attacks 'the demographic time bomb thesis' for its crude assumptions about the future burden of the old and exposes naive assumptions about what can be achieved by pension funding. "Policy and Politics in the Twenty-first Century" is an exciting series that offers a guide through some of today's most hotly contested policy issues by distinguished leaders in the field. Each book untangles current policy debates, looking behind the rhetoric and spin to discover what is at the core of contemporary political agendas. The authors present their own perspectives and make recommendations for what could - or should - be our priorities for future policy reform.
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Older people-- Employment-- Forecasting.
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Analyse comparative.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Labor.
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Gestion du personnel.
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Marché du travail.
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Pays développés.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Labor Industrial Relations.
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Politique de l'emploi.
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Prévisions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Gerontology.
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Travailleurs âgés.
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| Dewey Classification
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331.3/98
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HD6279.F88 2007eb
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Loretto, Wendy.
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Vickerstaff, Sarah,1956-
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White, Phil.
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