To Retire or Not to Retire
Is There an Option for Older Workers in Hong Kong
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11198225 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K L Chou (0000-0003-3627-9915, University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Kee‐lee Chou, Nelson W S Chow, W K Chow (0000-0001-8398-3126) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 233-246 |
| Publication date | 2005-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2005.00437.x |
| OpenAlex | W2038221540 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 22 |
Over the next thirty years, Hong Kong will have a rapidly ageing population. One possible consequence of this will be a labour shortage, which means that it will be essential to strike a proper balance between the amount of time spent in work and the amount spent in retirement in old age. The balance is determined by the interaction between the aspiration of workers, employers’ attitudes to older workers, as well as the productivity of the labour force. In this article, we examine the issue based on life‐course theory and we argue that the compartmentalization of education, work and retirement must be broken by changes in social policy. We identify three groups of future older adults in the coming three decades: those who may be forced to retire early in their fifties, those who plan to retire in their sixties, and those who will continue to work until they can no longer work. The current situations of these groups are described, and social policies that are related to retirement pension scheme, age discrimination, life‐long education, and flexible work arrangements are suggested to weaken the age structuring of education and employment institutions. Our ultimate objective is to create a societal environment in which older workers have a real option either to work or to retire in the coming decades
Balance (ability · Business · Compartmentalization (fire protection · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economic shortage · Economics · Labour economics · Mandatory retirement · Pension · Population · Population ageing · Productivity · Retirement age · Social security · Sociology · Work (physics · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Finance · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment
Quality of life of low-income older adults in Hong Kong
Retirement protection on one’s own
Measuring Age Discrimination at Work
Promoting the Employment of Senior Citizens in Taiwan and Hong Kong
Modernization and its impact on Chinese older people’s perception of their own image and status
Age discrimination in the labour market from the perspectives of employers and older workers
Pension privatisation in Greater China
Money in the Private Chamber”
Alignment or struggle? Exploring socio-demographic correlates of individual modernity in Chinese older people
The policies, practices and predicaments of senior employment in Hong Kong and Singapore
Invitation to the Life Course
Bridge Jobs and Partial Retirement
Comparative Patterns of Retirement
An examination of beliefs about older workers
Employers and older workers
Retirement Reconsidered
Bridges to Retirement
Retirement against the demographic trend
Hong Kong
Age Stereotypes and Discriminatory Attitudes towards Older Workers
On the Significance of Age in Sociology
| Citations per year | 0.53 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |