A1 Journal article (refereed)
Do good working conditions make you work longer? Analyzing retirement decisions using linked survey and register data (2020)

Böckerman, P., & Ilmakunnas, P. (2020). Do good working conditions make you work longer? Analyzing retirement decisions using linked survey and register data. Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 17, Article 100192. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2019.02.001

The research was funded by Strategic Research Council at the Research Council of Finland.

JYU authors or editors

Publication details

All authors or editors: Böckerman, Petri; Ilmakunnas, Pekka

Journal or series: Journal of the Economics of Ageing

ISSN: 2212-828X

eISSN: 2212-8298

Publication year: 2020

Volume: 17

Issue number: 0

Article number: 100192

Publisher: Elsevier BV

Publication country: Netherlands

Publication language: English

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2019.02.001

Publication open access: Openly available

Publication channel open access: Partially open access channel

Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/72743

Abstract

We analyzed the role of adverse working conditions and new management practices in the determination of employees’ retirement behavior. The combined data contain both comprehensive information on perceived job disamenities, job satisfaction, and intentions to retire from two nationally representative cross-sectional surveys and information on employees’ actual retirement decisions from longitudinal register data that can be linked to the surveys. Using a trivariate ordered probit model, we find that job dissatisfaction arising from adverse working conditions is significantly related to intentions to retire and that this, in turn, is related to actual retirement during an extensive follow-up period.

Keywords: work satisfaction; working conditions; management culture; retirement; continuing at work

Free keywords: new management practices; job satisfaction

Contributing organizations

Related projects

Ministry reporting: Yes

Reporting Year: 2020

JUFO rating: 1