Publications

The decision to work after state pension age and how it affects quality of life: evidence from a 6-year English panel study

Authors: Dr Giorgio Di Gessa, Dr Laurie M Corna, Professor Debora Price, Professor Karen Glaser,

Background. Despite an increasing proportion of older people working beyond State Pension Age (SPA), little is known about neither the motivations for this decision nor whether, and to what extent, working beyond SPA affects quality of life (QoL). Methods. QoL was measured using the CASP-19 scale. Respondents in paid work beyond SPA were distinguished based… Read more »

The decision to work after state pension age and how it affects quality of life: evidence from a 6-year English panel study

Paper published – Informal care and sleep disturbance among caregivers in paid work: Longitudinal analyses from a large community-based Swedish cohort study

Authors: Dr Loretta G. Platts,

ABSTRACT Study objectives To examine cross-sectionally and prospectively whether informal caregiving is related to sleep disturbance among caregivers in paid work. Methods Participants (N=21 604) in paid work from the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health. Sleeping problems were measured with a validated scale of sleep disturbance (Karolinska Sleep Questionnaire). Random-effects modelling was used to examine… Read more »

Paper published – Informal care and sleep disturbance among caregivers in paid work: Longitudinal analyses from a large community-based Swedish cohort study

Paper published – Returns to work after retirement: A prospective study of unretirement in the United Kingdom

Authors: Dr Loretta G. Platts, Dr Laurie M Corna, Dr Diana Worts, Professor Peggy McDonough, Professor Debora Price, Professor Karen Glaser,

Abstract: Despite the complexity of the retirement process, most research treats it as an abrupt and one-way transition. Our study takes a different approach by examining retirement reversals (unretirement) and their predictors. Using the British Household Panel Survey (1991–2008), and following participants into Understanding Society (2010–2015), we undertake a survival analysis to investigate retirement reversals… Read more »

Paper published – Returns to work after retirement: A prospective study of unretirement in the United Kingdom

The Wellbeing, Health, Retirement and the Lifecourse project

Authors: Professor Karen Glaser, Professor Debora Price, Dr Laurie M Corna, Professor Amanda Sacker, Professor Robert Stewart, Lawrence Sacco, Dr Giorgio Di Gessa, Dr Diana Worts, Professor Peggy McDonough, Dr Rebecca Benson, Dr Loretta G. Platts, Dr Gayan Perera, Dr Rachel Stutchbury, Tim Pike, John Adams, Chris Curry, Ludovico Carrino, Heather Ewert,

“Inequalities throughout the lifecourse impact health, wellbeing and income in later life” says Pensions Policy Institute The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) is today publishing the final report of the WHERL project. WHERL is an interdisciplinary consortium on Wellbeing, Health, Retirement and the Lifecourse which has brought together academics from King’s College London, University College London,… Read more »

The Wellbeing, Health, Retirement and the Lifecourse project

PPI BRIEFING NOTE 95 – What difference does a year make?

Authors: Tim Pike, John Adams, Professor Debora Price, Dr Laurie M Corna, Dr Loretta G. Platts, Dr Giorgio Di Gessa, Dr Diana Worts, Professor Peggy McDonough, Professor Amanda Sacker, Professor Karen Glaser,

This Briefing Note follows on from PPI Briefing Note 84. It provides an overview of the different work and family lifecourses for men and women and aims to understand how gender variations in the lifecourse affect income in retirement.

PPI BRIEFING NOTE 95 – What difference does a year make?

PPI Briefing Note 92 – How do gender differences in lifecourses affect income in retirement?

Authors: Heather Ewert, John Adams, Professor Debora Price, Tim Pike, Dr Laurie M Corna, Dr Loretta G. Platts, Dr Diana Worts, Professor Peggy McDonough, Dr Giorgio Di Gessa, Professor Amanda Sacker, Professor Karen Glaser,

This Briefing Note follows on from PPI Briefing Note 84. It provides an overview of the different work and family lifecourses for men and women and aims to understand how gender variations in the lifecourse affect income in retirement.

PPI Briefing Note 92 – How do gender differences in lifecourses affect income in retirement?

Is being in paid work beyond state pension age beneficial for health? Evidence from England using a life-course approach

Authors: Dr Giorgio Di Gessa, Dr Laurie M Corna, Dr Loretta G. Platts, Dr Diana Worts, Professor Peggy McDonough, Professor Amanda Sacker, Professor Debora Price, Professor Karen Glaser,

Background. Given the current policy emphasis in many Western societies on extending working lives, we investigated the health effects of being in paid work beyond state pension age (SPA). Until now, work has largely focused on the health of those who exit the labour force early. Methods Our data come from waves 2–4 of the… Read more »

Is being in paid work beyond state pension age beneficial for health? Evidence from England using a life-course approach

WHERL Working Paper. A sequence analysis approach to modelling the work and family histories of older adults in the UK

Authors: Dr Laurie M Corna, Dr Loretta G. Platts, Dr Diana Worts, Professor Debora Price, Professor Peggy McDonough, Dr Giorgio Di Gessa, Professor Karen Glaser,

ABSTRACT Introduction Life course experiences in the labour market and the family have long been recognised as consequential for understanding later-life employment and retirement patterns. This paper describes the analytical approach we adopt to summarise detailed labour market, marital and parental histories for cohorts of older adults in Britain. Methods The data come from the… Read more »

WHERL Working Paper. A sequence analysis approach to modelling the work and family histories of older adults in the UK