TY - CHAP
T1 - From early retirement to extending working life
T2 - Institutionalisation and Standardization at the End of Career in Belgium
AU - Burnay, Nathalie
AU - SANDERSON, Jean-Paul
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s).
PY - 2022/10/20
Y1 - 2022/10/20
N2 - Since the 2000s, successive Belgian governments have adopted measures to increase the employment rate and to promote the retention of older workers in employment. However, Belgium remains characterized by a low employment rate among 55–64-year olds. The aim of this article is to understand the reasons for this through the answers to two questions: why do people leave the labour market, and who are the workers who continue their professional activity after the statutory retirement age? This study is based on the theoretical framework of the life-course, and on the processes of standardization/de-standardization and institutionalization/de-institutionalization.
AB - Since the 2000s, successive Belgian governments have adopted measures to increase the employment rate and to promote the retention of older workers in employment. However, Belgium remains characterized by a low employment rate among 55–64-year olds. The aim of this article is to understand the reasons for this through the answers to two questions: why do people leave the labour market, and who are the workers who continue their professional activity after the statutory retirement age? This study is based on the theoretical framework of the life-course, and on the processes of standardization/de-standardization and institutionalization/de-institutionalization.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85142196664&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-11272-0_10
DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-11272-0_10
M3 - Chapter (peer-reviewed)
SN - 978-3-031-11271-3
T3 - Life Course Research and Social Policies
SP - 177
EP - 190
BT - Life Course Research and Social Policies
A2 - Burnay, Nathalie
A2 - Ogg, Jim
A2 - Krekula, Clary
A2 - Vendramin, Patricia
PB - Springer
ER -