Gender differences and individual, household, and workplace characteristics

Regional geographies of extended working lives

Bibliographic Data

ID12789136
AuthorsNicola Shelton (0000-0002-4939-1036, University College London, corresponding author), Josephine Head (0000-0002-6054-0872, University College London), Ethan Carr (0000-0002-1146-4922, King's College London), Paola Zaninotto (0000-0003-3036-0499, University College London), Gareth Hagger‐Johnson (0009-0008-5312-2614, University College London), Emily T Murray (0000-0001-6297-6920, University College London)
Year2018
Volume25
Issue2
Pagese2213-e2213
Publication date2018-11-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePopulation Space and Place (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1544-8444 • E-ISSN: 1544-8452
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/psp.2213
PMID33664632
OpenAlexW2901243105
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

Increasing labour market participation among older workers is embedded in government policy in the United Kingdom and many other industrialised countries with rises in the state pension age in response to increasing life expectancy. Despite this, many workers stop working before state pension age with around a 20% reduction in the proportion of adults in work between ages 50 and 60 in 2011 in England and Wales. This paper considers the risk of remaining in work by region and gender between 2001 and 2011 for adults aged 40-49 in 2001. Men had significantly higher risk of extended working in the East Midlands (1.4×) East of England (1.5×), South East (1.6×), and South West (1.6×) compared with the North East. Women in all regions apart from London and Wales had significantly higher risk of extended working compared with the North East: ranging from 1.15 times in the North West and West Midlands to 1.6 times in the South West. Adjustment for nonemployment-related socio-economic status, housing tenure, qualifications, and car ownership, and employment status in 2001 attenuated all significant regional differences in extended working in men and in women in most regions. Workplace characteristics attenuated most of the remaining regional differences in women: women working in larger employers in 2001 or working at distances of 200 km or more, abroad or from home, had lower risk of remaining in work, whereas access to a car and higher working hours increased risk. Policies to increase qualifications and skills among older adults are recommended

Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · Government (linguistics · Life expectancy · North east · Pension · Political science · Population · Socioeconomics · Sociology · South east · Work (physics · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Retirement, Disability, and Employment

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