Working later in the USA and Ireland
Implications for precariously and securely employed women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11202154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Áine Ní Léime (0000-0002-3395-616X, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway, corresponding author), Debra Street (University at Buffalo, State University of New York) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 2194-2218 |
| Publication date | 2019-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ageing and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-686X • E-ISSN: 1469-1779 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0144686x18000508 |
| OpenAlex | W2884877971 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 30 |
Policies to extend working life (EWL) assume homogeneous workers face similar choices about working longer: this may be difficult for women, workers in physically onerous jobs or in low-paid precarious employment. Work-life trajectories are gendered; women interrupt employment and pension-building to provide care. There is occupational variation in capacities to prolong working lives: physically demanding jobs cause work-related health deficits. The precariously employed cannot contribute regularly to pensions and may face age discrimination. This research provides an inter-occupational and cross-national dimension to EWL research, comparing women teachers and health-care workers in the United States of America (USA) and Republic of Ireland. It documents intra-cohort distinctions that emerge among women when considering educational opportunities and occupational tracks expressed in lifecourse trajectories and accumulated capacities for extended work. Analysis draws on interview data from ten teachers and ten health-care workers in each country, comparing the implications of EWL policies for women workers: in precarious versus secure occupations and occupations with different physical demands. It reveals work-life trajectories leading to poorer financial and health outcomes for older health-care workers, especially in the USA. Most women (regardless of occupation or country) opposed extending working life, with concerns ranging from health status and ability to work to the desire to have healthy years in retirement. The most important distinctions are between the occupational categories considered, rather than cross-national differences. Implications for national and work-place policy and research are considered
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Face (sociological concept) · Health care · Pension · Political science · Sociology · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Workplace Health and Well-being · Gerontology
Transitions and the lifecourse
The Precariat
Life Course Research
The Caring Self
Job insecurity and health
Changing Social Security in the US
Worlds apart? Public, private and non-profit sector providers of domiciliary care for older persons in Ireland
School climate factors relating to teacher burnout
Gender and age implications of extended working life policies in the US and Ireland
A qualitative study into the prospect of working longer for physiotherapists in the United Kingdom's National Health Service
The different faces of care work
Lifecourse determinants and incomes in retirement
How health affects retirement decisions
Cumulative Advantage/Disadvantage and the Life Course
Caught Between Love and Money
Recruitment processes and immigration regulations
Working past 65 in the UK and the USA
Reproducing Labor Inequalities
Toward a Better Estimation of the Effect of Job Loss on Health
Caring on the Clock
Temporary Work in Transnational Labor Regulation
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |