More and more policy issues involve issues that are explicitly values-based, yet public policy
analysis tends to skirt around the question of values. Public Policy Values overcomes this …

Age-related changes in industrialized countries have increased interest in how age
differences play out in the workplace. However, little research has been done to uncover …

Increasingly,productive aging'is promoted within government policies and reports in several
Western nations, as well as those of international organizations. The ways in …

Older people are facing a changed set of expectations regarding work and retirement. Until
quite recently early retirement was being encouraged. Today's older workers, however, are …

To address the occupational injustices and health and social inequities that are enduring
features of many societies, occupational scientists must consider how complex interrelations …

The experience of older racial/ethnic minority workers may differ from that of their non-
Hispanic White counterparts because of persistent racial/ethnic differences; however, our …

With current policy concerns about shortfalls of labour supply and effects on the social
welfare system due to population ageing, there is a need to understand the factors that …

In developed countries, healthy retirees can fulfill their life, but may fear growing old. Yet,
there is little empirical data on the relationship between this fear and life satisfaction. This …

There is an extensive and growing research literature, particularly in the psychology and
management disciplines, concerning 'bridge employment'which, it is argued, is increasingly …

This chapter describes a program of research investigating the contemporary social
reconstruction of retirement, in order to illustrate one way forward in furthering our …