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abstract: 'Extending working life beyond the state pension age is a key European
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Union policy. In the UK, women are more likely to extend paid work than
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men, indicating that factors other than the state pension age play a
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role in working longer. Women are less able to build pension income due
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to their role as carer within the family. It, therefore, follows that
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gender inequalities over the life course continue into older age to
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influence need, capacity and desire to undertake paid work after state
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pension age. This paper explores how work, marital and fertility history
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impact upon the likelihood of extending employment. It uses the British
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Household Panel Survey''s retrospective data from the first 14 waves to
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summarise work-family histories, and logistic regression to understand
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the impact of work and family histories on extending paid work. Findings
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show that, on the one hand, women are extending paid work for financial
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reasons to make up for `opportunity costs'' as a result of their caring
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role within the family, with short breaks due to caring, lengthy
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marriages, divorcing and remaining single with children all being
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important. Yet, there is also evidence of `status maintenance'' from
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working life, with the women most likely to extend paid work, also those
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with the highest work orientation, prior to state pension age. But
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lengthy dis-attachment (due to caring) from the labour market makes
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extending working life more difficult. This has implications for policy
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strategies to entice women into paid work to make up for low independent
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financial resources.'
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affiliation: 'Finch, N (Corresponding Author), Univ York, Dept Social Policy \& Social
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Work, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England.
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Univ York, Dept Social Policy \& Social Work, York YO10 5DD, N Yorkshire, England.'
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author: Finch, Naomi
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author-email: naomi.finch@york.ac.uk
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author_list:
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- family: Finch
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given: Naomi
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1007/s10433-013-0290-8
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eissn: 1613-9380
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files: []
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issn: 1613-9372
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journal: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGEING
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keywords: 'Work; State pension age; Extending paid work; Gender; Work-life history;
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British Household Panel Survey'
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keywords-plus: RETIREMENT; EMPLOYMENT
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language: English
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month: MAR
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '37'
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pages: 31-39
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papis_id: 568f89aedd609c47d5a5a8a69f56a348
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ref: Finch2014whyare
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times-cited: '58'
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title: Why are women more likely than men to extend paid work? The impact of work-family
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life history
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000333025300004
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usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
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usage-count-since-2013: '37'
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volume: '11'
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web-of-science-categories: Gerontology
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year: '2014'
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