Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-324) and index.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. Theoretical approaches to retirement and early exit from work -- 3. Social variability in retirement behaviour: an analytical framework -- 4. Too old to work, or too young to retire? The pervasiveness of age norms in Western Europe societies -- 5. Differential retirement behaviour in Western Europe: social stratification and cross-national diversity -- 6. Retirement timing and social stratification in Spain -- 7. Retirement timing and social stratification in Germany -- 8. Conclusions.
