Publisher's Synopsis
People are living longer, yet increasingly are leaving working life well before the state retirement age of 60 for women and 65 for men. What implications does this have for theirwell-being in later life? Are the over-50s able to play a sufficiently active part in society? Are those who withdraw from work early sufficiently provided for financially in old age? This report launches a new Joseph Rowntree Foundation research programme, "Transitions after Fifty". It collects together information on what is presently known about three aspects of this transition. First, older people's opportunities at work and their fortunes in the labour market. Second, the effect of working patterns in later life on retirement income. And third, the ways in which people over 50 develop unpaid activities such as volunteering and caring beyond the context of paid work.
