Retiring Women

Philip Taylor, Professor, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, UK, Catherine Earl, Senior Lecturer, School of Communication and Design, RMIT Vietnam, Elizabeth Brooke, Senior Research Fellow, Demography and Ageing Unit, School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne and Christopher McLoughlin, Independent Researcher, Australia

‘This book is among the first to solely focus on the work and retirement of older women. Much needed research in a field that is still dominated by male perspectives, whereas the older workforce consists of increasing shares of women.’

• Contents: 1. Older women, public policy and work 2. Public policy, ageing and work, and longer working lives 3. Older women workers in Australia: the study 4. Older women’s experiences of working 5. Older women in labour market transitions: leaving, looking for and moving into work 6. Older women and the transition to retirement 7. After work? Understanding older women’s portfolio life transitions 8. Customizing women’s portfolio work and ‘retirement’ careers 9. Teachers as older women workers: stakeholder comments 10. Conclusion: public policy leadership and change for women’s work and retirement References Index