Ageing, justice, and work: alternatives to mandatory retirement

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• dc.contributor.author Halliday, Daniel
• dc.contributor.author Parr, Tom
• dc.date.accessioned 2021-04-13T12:52:25Z
• dc.date.issued 2022
• dc.description.abstract In this chapter, we assess the case for mandatory retirement. After briefly considering the issue of age discrimination, we examine a couple of influential arguments in defence of mandatory retirement. Drawing on the work of Edward Lazear, we contend that the most promising basis on which to justify the policy is as a device for employers to structure wage payments over time to optimize workers’ performance. While this argument has some force, we believe that, on closer inspection, it supports a more modest alternative to mandatory retirement whereby employers have the right to reduce the number of hours of older workers. We conclude the chapter by exploring some complexities relating to the fact that economic conditions are not constant across generations.
• dc.description.sponsorship Work on this chapter received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement 890434.
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• dc.identifier.citation Halliday D, Parr T. Ageing, justice, and work: alternatives to mandatory retirement. In: Wareham CS, editor. The Cambridge handbook of the ethics of ageing. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2022. p. 228-42. DOI: 10.1017/9781108861168.017
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108861168.017
• dc.identifier.isbn 9781108817042
• dc.identifier.isbn 9781108495134
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/47099
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher Cambridge University Press
• dc.relation.ispartof Wareham CS, editor. The Cambridge handbook of the ethics of ageing. New York: Cambridge University Press; 2022. p. 228-42
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/890434
• dc.rights © Cambridge University Press
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.keyword Mandatory retirement
• dc.subject.keyword Labour markets
• dc.subject.keyword Justice across generations
• dc.subject.keyword Work hours
• dc.title Ageing, justice, and work: alternatives to mandatory retirement
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