What We Need to Know About Retirement: Pressing Issues for the Coming Decade

Kène Henkens; Hendrik P van Dalen; David J Ekerdt; Douglas A Hershey; Martin Hyde; Jonas Radl; Hanna van Solinge; Mo Wang; Hannes Zacher

doi:10.1093/geront/gnx095

What We Need to Know About Retirement: Pressing Issues for the Coming Decade

Gerontologist. 2018 Sep 14;58(5):805-812. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnx095.

Authors

Kène Henkens^{1

2

3}, Hendrik P van Dalen^{1

4}, David J Ekerdt⁵, Douglas A Hershey⁶, Martin Hyde⁷, Jonas Radl⁸, Hanna van Solinge¹, Mo Wang⁹, Hannes Zacher¹⁰

Affiliations

¹ Department of Work & Retirement, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, The Hague.
² Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
³ Department of Public Health, University of Groningen, UMCG, Netherlands.
⁴ Department of Economics, Tilburg School of Economics and Management, Tilburg University, Netherlands.
⁵ Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
⁶ Department of Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.
⁷ College of Human and Health Sciences, Centre for Innovative Ageing, Swansea University, UK.
⁸ Department of Social Sciences, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.
⁹ Department of Management, Warrington College of Business, University of Florida, Gainesville.
¹⁰ Department of Psychology, University of Leipzig, Germany.

PMID: 31287535
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnx095

Abstract

The current landscape of retirement is changing dramatically as population aging becomes increasingly visible. This review of pressing retirement issues advocates research on (a) changing meanings of retirement, (b) impact of technology, (c) the role of housing in retirement, (d) human resource strategies, (e) adjustment to changing retirement policies, (f) the pension industry, and (g) the role of ethnic diversity in retirement.

Keywords: Life course; Older workers; Pensions; Retirement; Work.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Aging / psychology*
Cultural Characteristics
Employment*
Ethnicity / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Pensions*
Retirement*