Older Workers and the Peripheral Workforce

The Erosion of Gender Differences

Bibliographic Data

ID11201107
AuthorsAngela Dale (0000-0001-5057-3470, University of Surrey), Claire Bamford (0000-0003-2885-801X, Newcastle University)
Year1988
Volume8
Issue1
Pages43-62
Publication date1988-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAgeing and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0144686x00006528
OpenAlexW1967447592
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited7

At a time when the proportion of full-time permanent jobs is decreasing and there is evidence of a growth in ‘peripheral’ forms of work, it is important to review the position of older workers, both men and women. Using data from the Labour Force Survey of 1984, it is shown that, while the employment rate falls sharply in the ten-year period prior to state retirement age, it is only those of post-retirement age who are disproportionately represented in peripheral forms of work. It is suggested that some ‘peripheral’ forms of work allow greater flexibility in age of retirement than permanent full-time jobs. While there are clear gender differences among those of pre-retirement age, with a higher proportion of women than men in peripheral jobs, there is a marked erosion of these gender differences amongst men and women who work beyond state retirement age

Age groups · Demographic economics · Duration (music) · Economic growth · Economics · Flexibility (engineering) · Labour economics · Pension · Retirement age · Sociology · Work (physics) · Workforce · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Gerontology

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