TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract This chapter explores whether and how does the interplay of institutional context and management interventions lead older workers to delay retirement in Germany, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. The most important factors that influence retirement plans are placed on three analytical levels: the individual, the workplace and the institutional levels. It explores the importance of these factors and their cross-national variation in three different countries, namely Germany, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Using three national datasets we explore the relationship between the aforementioned factors via descriptive statistics and linear regression models. Institutional regulations seem to matter for retirement plans. But within countries, plans show varying patterns across social groups (lower educated, financially disadvantaged). The comparative design does not allow analysing specific institutional features directly, but findings are indicative for the fact that individuals take institutional frameworks into account when planning retirement transitions. The findings call for regime-specific solutions and future policies, for example, age-friendly workplace conditions and opportunities for requalification and mobility in Germany, rising retirement ages and greater financial security via more generous universal pension rights in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom.
SN  - 978-1-78714-639-6, 978-1-78714-638-9/
DO  - 10.1108/978-1-78714-638-920171003
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-78714-638-920171003
AU  - Hofäcker Dirk
AU  - Braun Simone
AU  - Flynn Matt
ED  - Matt Flynn
ED  - Yuxin Li
ED  - Anthony Chiva
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Delaying Retirement in Changing Institutional and Workplace Contexts: Comparing Approaches and Outcomes in Germany, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong
T2  - Managing the Ageing Workforce in the East and the West
T3  - The Changing Context of Managing People
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 49
EP  - 82
Y2  - 2024/04/20
ER  -