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Combining feminist political economy and life-course perspectives, this mixed-methods study critically examines the extent to which extended working life policies take account of women’s experiences of paid and unpaid work. I explore how decisions to extend working life are shaped by gendered social structures and norms across the life course among women in the Newcastle Thousand Families Study, a UK early baby-boom birth cohort. Among this cohort of women currently transitioning into retirement, analysis of longitudinal survey data identifies a range of mid- and later-life factors that impact on the likelihood of women working beyond state-pension age. In-depth life-course interviews identify further complex and interacting gendered life-course experiences, not captured in the survey data, which act to necessitate, encourage, enable or constrain extended working. I conclude that, if women are to extend their working lives, ‘joined-up’ policies are required, addressing gendered inequalities across the life course.
Author(s): Wildman JM
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Work, Employment and Society
Year: 2019
Volume: 34
Issue: 2
Pages: 211-227
Print publication date: 01/04/2020
Online publication date: 27/11/2019
Acceptance date: 06/09/2019
Date deposited: 09/09/2019
ISSN (print): 0950-0170
ISSN (electronic): 1469-8722
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/0950017019880077
DOI: 10.1177/0950017019880077
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