Abstract
This research examines unique experiences of people in their retirement age in relation to A) their propensity to work beyond retirement and B) potential impact of postretirement employment on their perceived well-being, in various “intersectional” groups defined by their demographic and socio-economic characteristics.
Understanding unique postretirement experiences among such intersectional groups is an under-researched aera and is crucial in supporting and empowering people to work during the postretirement period in an aging society. Gender will be used as one of the key variables to investigate its effects on the two research topics raised above.
This research aims to address the following questions:
- What individual-level variables best predict postretirement employment.
- What individual-level variables best predict old workers’ well-being in their postretirement employment.
Analysing a large UK secondary data, this research aims to further understand the complex nature of postretirement work and their unique experiences among intersectional groups of old workers.