Background There is a societal need that workers prolong their working lives. By adopting a
life course perspective, this study aimed to investigate the influence of work motives and …

Objectives No study so far has combined register-based socioeconomic information with self-
reported information on health, demographics, work characteristics, and the social …

Background Due to the aging of the population and subsequent higher pressure on public
finances, there is a need for employees in many European countries to extend their working …

Background An increasing number of retirees continue to work beyond retirement despite
being eligible to retire. As the prevalence of chronic disease increases with age, working …

Objectives Before actual retirement, employees may already distance themselves from work,
which could be referred to as" mental retirement". However, trajectories of work motivation …

Background The aims of the present study were to: 1) gain insight into reasons for working
beyond the statutory retirement age from older workers' perspectives, and 2) explore how …

Objectives Determinants in the domains health, job characteristics, skills, and social and
financial factors may influence early retirement through three central explanatory variables …

Background Increasing retirement age is a pivotal issue in labour market reforms. This study
analyses factors conditioning retirement intentions. Methods In SeniorWorkingLife, 11 444 …

Background Because of the demographic changes, appropriate measures are needed to
prevent early exit from work and to encourage workers to prolong their working life. To date …

To address the challenges of demographic aging, governments and organizations
encourage extended working lives. This study investigates how individual health-and age …