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YAML
94 lines
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abstract: 'Policies to extend working life (EWL) assume homogeneous workers face
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similar choices about working longer: this may be difficult for women,
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workers in physically onerous jobs or in low-paid precarious employment.
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Work-life trajectories are gendered; women interrupt employment and
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pension-building to provide care. There is occupational variation in
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capacities to prolong working lives: physically demanding jobs cause
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work-related health deficits. The precariously employed cannot
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contribute regularly to pensions and may face age discrimination. This
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research provides an inter-occupational and cross-national dimension to
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EWL research, comparing women teachers and health-care workers in the
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United States of America (USA) and Republic of Ireland. It documents
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intra-cohort distinctions that emerge among women when considering
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educational opportunities and occupational tracks expressed in
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lifecourse trajectories and accumulated capacities for extended work.
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Analysis draws on interview data from ten teachers and ten health-care
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workers in each country, comparing the implications of EWL policies for
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women workers: in precarious versus secure occupations and occupations
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with different physical demands. It reveals work-life trajectories
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leading to poorer financial and health outcomes for older health-care
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workers, especially in the USA. Most women (regardless of occupation or
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country) opposed extending working life, with concerns ranging from
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health status and ability to work to the desire to have healthy years in
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retirement. The most important distinctions are between the occupational
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categories considered, rather than cross-national differences.
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Implications for national and work-place policy and research are
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considered.'
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affiliation: 'Leime, AN (Corresponding Author), Natl Univ Ireland, Irish Ctr Social
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Gerontol, Galway, Ireland.
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Leime, A. Ni, Natl Univ Ireland, Irish Ctr Social Gerontol, Galway, Ireland.
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Street, Debra, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY USA.'
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article-number: PII S0144686X18000508
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author: Leime, A. Ni and Street, Debra
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author-email: aine.nileime@nuigalway.ie
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author_list:
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- family: Leime
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given: A. Ni
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- family: Street
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given: Debra
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1017/S0144686X18000508
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eissn: 1469-1779
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files: []
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issn: 0144-686X
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journal: AGEING \& SOCIETY
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keywords: 'extended working life; women; home health-care workers; teachers; older
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workers; precarious employment; secure jobs; lifecourse perspective'
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keywords-plus: HEALTH; CARE; INEQUALITIES; PATHWAYS; GENDER; UK
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language: English
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month: OCT
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number: '10'
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number-of-cited-references: '38'
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pages: 2194-2218
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papis_id: 90be49bfc77b9dfd8163ce4d36f7bfd6
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ref: Leime2019workinglater
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researcherid-numbers: Ni Leime, Aine/IUO-4169-2023
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times-cited: '5'
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title: 'Working later in the USA and Ireland: implications for precariously and securely
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employed women'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000482972400003
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usage-count-last-180-days: '2'
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usage-count-since-2013: '12'
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volume: '39'
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web-of-science-categories: Gerontology
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year: '2019'
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