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Late-career Risks in Changing Welfare States: Comparing Germany and the United States since the 1980s

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Jan Paul Heisig
2015
Published by: Amsterdam University Press
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Motivated by ongoing debates over welfare state retrenchment and growing economic insecurity, this book compares the situation of older workers in Germany and the United States over the past three decades. Both nations are seeing a rise in insecurity for older workers, but the differences in support programs, pensions, and retirement options have led to differing outcomes for workers faced with early retirement or job loss.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Title Page, Copyright

pp. i-iv

Contents

pp. v-x

Acknowledgments

pp. 11-12

Part I - Background

1. Introduction

pp. 15-28

2. Welfare state change and income mobility: a framework

pp. 29-52

3. Institutional context and social policy change

pp. 53-114

4. Data and Methods

pp. 115-146

Part II - Economic consequences of retirement

5. Literature review and research questions

pp. 149-166

6. The changing economic consequences of retirement

pp. 167-216

Part III - Economic consequences of late-career job loss

7. Literature review and research questions

pp. 219-238

8. The changing economic consequences of late-career job loss

pp. 239-290

Part IV - Conclusion

9. Conclusion

pp. 293-306

List of acronyms

pp. 307-308

Bibliography

pp. 309-332

Index

pp. 333-336
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