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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 7
3. List of Figures 11
4. List of Tables 14
5. Acknowledgments 16
6. Abstract 18
7. Abbreviations 19
8. 1. Introduction 21
9. 2. Theoretical Approaches to Retirement and Early Exit from Work 33
10. 3. Social Variability in Retirement Behaviour: An Analytical Framework 55
11. 4. Too Old to Work, or Too Young to Retire? The Pervasiveness of Age Norms in Western European Societies 89
12. 5. Differential Retirement Behavior in Western Europe: Social Stratification and Cross-National Diversity 136
13. 6. Retirement Timing and Social Stratification in Spain 189
14. 7. Retirement Timing and Social Stratification in Germany 230
15. 8. Conclusions 276
16. References 288
17. Index 325