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Attitudes About Working Beyond Normal Retirement Age: The Role of Mandatory Retirement

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: The Dutch government abolished mandatory retirement for national-level civil servants in 2008, but not for employees in other sectors. This study analyzes whether national-level civil servants have different attitudes and plans about working beyond normal retirement age than employees in other sectors. Results show no clear differences between the groups. A national ban on mandatory retirement would presumably not lead to many more older workers continuing to work beyond normal retirement, but would need to be integrated in a much broader policy reform that also addresses employment protection legislation and seniority-based wages.

Source: Journal of Aging & Social Policy

DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2018.1563473

Author: Jaap Oude Mulders

Institutions: University of Groningen, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute

Language: English

Topic: Retirement, Disability, and Employment

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

Funders: Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement, Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek