Retiring women: Understanding older female work-life transitions

As the workforce ages it becomes important to understand the factors affecting choices concerning continued working, working hours or retirement. In industrialized societies retirement paths are becoming more flexible. The prolongation of working lives has particular consequences for women, notably in terms of balancing employment with other roles, along with supplementing what are often small superannuation funds. This study will examine older women's labour market behaviour and experiences, focusing on the transitions into, within and out of the labour market, giving consideration to the multiple individual, organisational, institutional and regulatory interactions structuring these, including exit to retirement.