Foster, L. orcid.org/0000-0003-1471-842X (2018) Active ageing, pensions and retirement in the UK. Journal of Population Ageing, 11 (2). pp. 117-132. ISSN 1874-7884
Abstract
The ageing population has led to increasing concerns about pensions and their future sustainability. Much of the dominant policy discourse around ageing and pension provision over the last decade has focussed on postponing retirement and prolonging employment. These measures are central to productive notions of ‘active ageing’. Initially the paper briefly sets out the pension developments in the UK. Then it introduces active ageing and active ageing policy, exploring its implications for UK pension provision. It demonstrates that a more comprehensive active ageing framework, which incorporates a life-course perspective, has the potential to assist the UK to respond to the challenges of an ageing population. In doing so it needs to highlight older people as an economic and social resource, and reduce barriers to older people’s participation in society.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com |
Keywords: | active ageing; extending working lives; UK, longevity; pensions |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Sociological Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Mar 2017 15:58 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2023 14:40 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Verlag |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s12062-017-9181-7 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:113360 |