Book Chapter Insights 2018-19: Findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study
What’s driving unretirement – might it exacerbate inequalities in later life?
Authors
Editors
Michaela Benzeval, Magda Borkowska, Charlotte Hamilton, Susan Harkness, Rebecca Parsons, Raj Patel, and Alina Pelikh
Publication date
2018
Summary
Key points: Unretirement is relatively common; around one quarter of retirees in this study took up paid work again after retiring. Unretirement was more likely among men, people with academic qualifications and people in good health. There was little evidence that unretirement was due to financial hardship.
Subjects
Older People and Labour Market
Links
https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/findings
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