An alternative to retirement: part-time work
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Title: | An alternative to retirement: part-time work |
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Authors: | Denia Cuesta, Alfonsa | Guillo, Maria Dolores |
Research Group/s: | Grupo de Estudios de Paz y Desarrollo (GEPYD) | Economía Laboral y Econometría (ELYE) |
Center, Department or Service: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos y Teoría Económica | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fundamentos del Análisis Económico |
Keywords: | Part-time work | Retirement | Involuntary employment |
Knowledge Area: | Fundamentos del Análisis Económico |
Issue Date: | May-2012 |
Publisher: | LEPAS – Long-Run Economic Perspectives of an Ageing Society |
Citation: | DENIA CUESTA, Alfonsa; GUILLÓ, María Dolores. An alternative to retirement: part-time work. LEPAS – Long-Run Economic Perspectives of an Ageing Society. Working Paper No. 2012-02 |
Abstract: | Part time work can facilitate participation in the labor market and smooth the transition to retirement. Part-time employment, however, represents for the most part an involuntary choice. The aim of this paper is to conduct an empirical investigation of the determinants of part-time work. Using Spanish labor market data, we find that part-time work becomes a more desired employment alternative as people age, and that education and children’s age have opposite effects on women and men’s probabilities of voluntary part-time employment. Interestingly, most part-time work among women occurs in low-skill occupations, whereas part-time work among men are mainly concentrated in high-skill jobs. |
Sponsor: | This research was funded by the European Commission within the project “Long-Run Economic Perspectives of an Aging Society” (LEPAS) in the Seventh Framework Programme under the Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities theme (Grant Agreement: SSH7-CT-2009-217275). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/23703 |
Language: | eng |
Type: | info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper |
Peer Review: | si |
Appears in Collections: | INV - GEPYD - Working Papers INV - ELYE - Working Papers INV - DMCTE - Working Papers |
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