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Title: Retirement Spectrum: A Socioeconomic Analysis
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McDonald, Lynn |
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Retirement Spectrum: A Socioeconomic Analysis Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Calgary, 1983 Cohort(s): Older Men Publisher: UMI - University Microfilms, Bell and Howell Information and Learning Keyword(s): Dual Economic Theory; Retirement/Retirement Planning; Rural Women Utilizing data from the NLS Older Men's cohort, this study examined the socioeconomic factors influencing early, on-time, and late retirement. Using a political economy perspective as an inferential framework, three models of retirement were estimated to achieve this purpose. The initial model was designed to determine the extent to which economic, social, and political structures explain the degree and timing of retirement. The second model investigated the effects of economic segmentation (core and periphery) on retirement and the third model explored the influence of substantive complexity, motor skills, physical demands, and working conditions of occupations on the retirement process. The general conclusion of the analysis is that behavior across the retirement spectrum can be linked to the social and economic structures of society, a central tenet of the political economy perspective. Further, these socioeconomic structures are at least as important as individualistic factors in influencing the degree and timing of retirement. |
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McDonald, Lynn. Retirement Spectrum: A Socioeconomic Analysis. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Calgary, 1983. |