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The Social Science Journal Volume 50, 2013 - Issue 2
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Original Article

Retirement timing in Europe: The influence of individual work and life factors

Hanne De PreterUniversity of Antwerp, Research Centre for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (CELLO), St. Jacobstraat 2, B-2000 Antwerp, BelgiumAntwerp, B-2000, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dorien Van LooyUniversity of Antwerp, Research Centre for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (CELLO), St. Jacobstraat 2, B-2000 Antwerp, BelgiumAntwerp, B-2000, Belgium
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Dimitri MortelmansUniversity of Antwerp, Research Centre for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (CELLO), St. Jacobstraat 2, B-2000 Antwerp, BelgiumAntwerp, B-2000, Belgium
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Kim DenaeghelUniversity of Antwerp, Research Centre for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies (CELLO), St. Jacobstraat 2, B-2000 Antwerp, BelgiumAntwerp, B-2000, Belgium
Pages 145-151 | Received 09 May 2011, Accepted 18 Mar 2013, Published online: 09 Dec 2019
 
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Abstract

This study considers the rational choice and life course theories to predict European retirement timing. It is relevant to compare men's and women's retirement decisions to determine whether they are influenced by work or by the interplay between work and familial, educational, and leisure life. An event history analysis of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) suggests that work factors have a greater impact on European women's retirement timing than they do for men and that both men's and women's retirement timing is influenced by the interplay of work and life.

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1 The ECHP survey includes Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain. Austria and Finland joined the project in 1995 and 1996, respectively.

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