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Retirement is being 'reconstructed', with the UK following the US path of abolishing mandatory retirement and increasing state pension ages. This timely book assesses prospects for work and retirement at age 65-plus in the UK and US. It is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners interested in the late careers and the future of retirement.

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Thought provoking and much needed response to those who are currently attempting to put far too positive a spin on projected trends in work and retirement policy. John Williamson, Boston College, USA

Thought provoking and much needed response to those who are currently attempting to put far too positive a spin on projected trends in work and retirement policy. John Williamson, Boston College, USA David Lain conducts a thorough and masterful comparison of US and UK policies and practices shaping the need, and the opportunities, to work beyond age 65. Madonna Harrington Meyer, Syracuse University and author of Grandmothers at Work: Juggling Families and Jobs A powerful and original analysis of the different employment trajectories of older people in the UK and the US. The comparison illustrates the challenges of extending working lives in each country and the unequal outcomes that are likely to occur for individuals. Sarah Vickerstaff, University of Kent

Thought provoking and much needed response to those who are currently attempting to put far too positive a spin on projected trends in work and retirement policy. John Williamson, Boston College, USA I recommend Lain's work to all occupational scientists interested in work and retirement, or more generally, in the ways government policy actively and passively influences people's occupational opportunities, choices, and experiences. These are indeed matters of occupational justice. - Journal of Occupational Science David Lain conducts a thorough and masterful comparison of US and UK policies and practices shaping the need, and the opportunities, to work beyond age 65. Madonna Harrington Meyer, Syracuse University and author of Grandmothers at Work: Juggling Families and Jobs A powerful and original analysis of the different employment trajectories of older people in the UK and the US. The comparison illustrates the challenges of extending working lives in each country and the unequal outcomes that are likely to occur for individuals. Sarah Vickerstaff, University of Kent

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David Lain is a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Brighton. His research on older workers and retirement has led to a series of journal articles, book chapters, reports, media appearances and presentations to international policy audiences. He led the ESRC 'Rethinking Retirement' Seminar Series and received a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship in 2011.

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