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Early Retirement : Promises and Pitfalls by Robert C. Williamson Ph.D., Alice Duffy Rinehart Ed.D., Thomas O. Blank Ph.D. (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Early Retirement : Promises and Pitfalls about?
When shall I retire? How golden will my parachute be? Will I be happy as a retired person? How can I make the most of my retirement? In the last decade, employers have turned increasingly to the Golden Parachute or Golden Handshake - inducements to employees to retire earlier. Questions about the effects of these plans, and retirement in general, are mounting, yet few answers are forthcoming. The age of retirement for many has decreased from 65 to the midyears, and these individuals will spend as much time in retirement as they spent in the workforce. This shifting scene necessitates a continuing search for information about the hows and whys, and the effects, of early retirement. In this highly informative study, the authors of Early Retirement: Promises and Pitfalls, scholars in sociology, psychology, and education, look at the experiences of retirees from a large urban area. Many of these persons (average age, 59) were painfully confronted in middle age with the breakdown of heavy industries in the Northeast; others happily sought retirement to resolve their disenchantment with a given routine. By examining the adjustment of these people to this new phase of their lives, the stu
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- Author
- Robert C. Williamson Ph.D., Alice Duffy Rinehart Ed.D., Thomas O. Blank Ph.D. (auth.)
- Publisher
- Springer US Imprint : Springer
- Published
- 1992
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781489961242
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Sociology, Gender Studies, Finance