Ending a Career in the Auto Industry

'This book breaks important new ground... This study is unusual in that the authors had access to the characteristics of the workers as well as survey data on worker attitudes.' Contemporary Sociology (July 1998)

• Internal Labor Markets, Plant Closings, and Retirement.- Some Matters of Context.- The Financial Structure of Early-Retirement Pensions.- Predicting Early Retirement.- Discussing Options in an End-Game.- Solidarity and “Generational Equity”.- Aspects of Postretirement Satisfaction.- Inducing Early Retirement: Some Conclusions in Perspective.