Introduction
With longer life expectancy and changing patterns of work, retirement has become a predictable key stage in one’s life course. Retirement refers to one’s exit from the workforce and is commonly associated with the beginning of old age and inactivity (Kohli et al. 1991). However, individuals may perceive themselves as “retired,” or to have assumed the new social status as a retiree for various reasons, including exiting from a career, working less, becoming a pension recipient, simply being willing to identify as a retiree, or a combination of the above factors (Ekerdt and Sergeant 2006; Erber 2010).
Definition
Retirement patterns is defined as the delineation of different forms where retirement takes place. It may include patterns about when, how and “to what to retire” (Wang et al. 2013). Such patterns are often complex, intersecting with individual circumstances and larger...
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Thang, L.L. (2019). Retirement Patterns. In: Gu, D., Dupre, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69892-2_173-1
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