Many developed nations seek to increase older people's work participation. Work and family
are linked to paid work in later life, and to each other. Few studies combined work and family …

Objectives To extend research on workforce participation beyond age 50 by describing
entire employment histories in later life and testing their links to prior life course conditions …

This article summarizes previous employment histories and studies associations between
types of histories and quality of life in older ages. Retrospective information from the Survey …

Background Social and policy changes in the last several decades have increased women's
options for combining paid work with family care. We explored whether specific …

The authors examined time spent on paid and unpaid work across the life course and
historically to reflect on connections between activity patterns and macroeconomic events …

This study investigates the relationship between the provision of informal care to older
parents/parents-in-law and the employment status of adult children in mid-life. The study …

Earlier employment choices based on family events in earlier life have an impact up until
late working life, especially in welfare regimes that encourage the breadwinner-caretaker …

Background Despite the recent policy push to keep older adults in the labour force, we know
almost nothing about the potential health consequences of working longer. Drawing on a life …

Population ageing and its future implications for governments and individuals have been
central to much policy debate and research targeted to retain older people in the workforce …

Over the last several decades there have been changes in how paid and unpaid labour is
divided between men and women: The rate of women's participation in the labour force …