TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors influencing the willingness to benefit from temporary leave (TL), a life-course policy consisting of the entitlement to temporary paid leaves from work in exchange for delayed retirement.Design/methodology/approach A survey has been conducted amongst the occupied workforce of a medium-sized Spanish town, fairly characteristic of European urban environments in terms of its labour-force composition. The factors predisposing to TL are probed by means of a multivariate analysis (binary logistic regression). The analysis is framed in an age-gender perspective.Findings The noteworthy favourable predisposition towards TL emerging from the survey, mainly for the purposes of caring for children and parents, studying and preparing for a new job, appears mostly influenced by the educational level and by the fact of having or not children, without clear sex variations.Originality/value Notwithstanding the local scope of the survey, its results might orientate future research on TL, which is an emerging policy issue crosscutting several widely recognised social-policy targets within the European Union, such as the extension of working life, lifelong learning and gender equality throughout the life course.
VL  - 39
IS  - 7/8
SN  - 0144-333X
DO  - 10.1108/IJSSP-03-2019-0053
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSSP-03-2019-0053
AU  - Alfageme Alfredo
AU  - García-Pastor Begoña
AU  - Seguí-Cosme Salvador
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Workers’ willingness to delay retirement in exchange for temporary paid leaves: A case study in a Spanish town
T2  - International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 595
EP  - 608
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -