The effects of prolonged working life on subjective quality of life across Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X18305891?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049089X18305891?via%3Dihub</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.04.011" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.04.011</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The effects of prolonged working life on subjective quality of life across Europe
Original language description
This paper examines the effect of prolonged working careers on subjective quality of life (QoL) in four European regions. The paper tests a basic assumption of the role accumulation theory and the active ageing approach that additional roles, including prolonged working careers, are beneficial for the quality of life of older people. The propensity score matching method was used on data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) for four European regions with distinctive economic, institutional, and cultural contexts connected to paid work. The context-sensitive effects of prolonged labour force participation on QoL as a whole, control, and pleasure are positive in regions in which financial need serves as a more important motivation to work than nonmaterial need. In contrast, the effects on QoL as a whole and autonomy are negative in wealthier and more developed European regions. The paper concludes that the main motivation for prolonged working careers seems to be to avoid deteriorating living standards; satisfactory retirement conditions should thus be an aim complementary to incentives for those who are willing and able to work longer.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50401 - Sociology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2019
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Social Science Research
ISSN
0049-089X
e-ISSN
1096-0317
Volume of the periodical
82
Issue of the periodical within the volume
August
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
33-44
UT code for WoS article
000476582600003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85065026015