Author : Lora A. Phillips Lassus
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (876 download)
Book Synopsis A Twilight Zone Beetween Work and Retirement by : Lora A. Phillips Lassus
Download or read book A Twilight Zone Beetween Work and Retirement written by Lora A. Phillips Lassus and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Concerns over the labor market experience of older workers have increased as the American labor force has aged. We know that older workers are often more likely to be displaced and, after displacement, are unemployed longer and are more likely to drop out of the labor force. We know less about how unemployed older workers understand their life course disruption and what consequences they face as a result. I address these questions utilizing 55 semi-structured interviews conducted with unemployed workers aged 40 and older. Interviewees are aware that the economy, the job-search process, and employer preferences are barriers to reemployment. Influenced in part by these barriers, they face social psychological consequences of unemployment; namely, loss of trust in the traditional social contract of employment, reflection upon and questioning of identity, and feelings of isolation and depression. Within-group differences are discussed, as well as avenues for future research.