Work History and Later-Life Labor Force Participation

Evidence from a Large Telecommunications Firm

Bibliographic Data

ID3210695
AuthorsGangaram Singh (College of Business Administration), Anil Verma (0000-0001-9101-4958), Anil Kumar Verma (0000-0002-7167-4323, University of Toronto)
Year2003
Volume56
Issue4
Pages699-715
Publication date2003-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueIndustrial and Labor Relations Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0019-7939 • E-ISSN: 2162-271X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/001979390305600409
OpenAlexW1998188364
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited44

This study examines the relationship between later-life labor force participation and work history. Survey data on 1,805 Bell Canada early retirees show that 40% returned to work, of whom 17% took full-time employment, 51% took part-time employment, and 32% became self-employed. Return to work was positively related to work attachment and tenure in the last job, and negatively related to having been in a non-managerial occupation and lacking upward career mobility. Those with high attachment to work (as measured by responses to several survey questions) were more likely to return to full-time employment than to retire. Clerical workers were less likely than managers to choose part-time employment over retirement. Both lateral (versus upward) mobility in the last job and high work attachment were negatively related to the choice of self-employment over retirement

Business · Demographic economics · Economics · Labour economics · Part-time employment · Survey data collection · Telecommunications · Work (physics) · Work force · Work hours · Working hours · Employment and Welfare Studies · Engineering · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Mechanical Engineering · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Retirement, Disability, and Employment

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