..., disabled people were often blocked in their life course changes; (2) disabled participants had small convoys even at a relatively young age; (3) convoys were “decentred”, with people offering each other mutual support. Research limitations/implications Our contribution is to reflect on theory rather...

...@friends.cityu.edu.hk 26 08 2022 19 10 2022 21 10 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Life course Time Retirement Pensions Extending working lives (EWLs) The challenges presented by the process of demographic ageing...

... working-class studies and life-course studies, this research combines the consideration of life course as a structurally organised integrity with a phenomenological perspective on the study of life strategies. The empirical basis of research consists of a survey of 1532 young working-class representatives...

... of this paper is to explore the factors influencing the willingness to benefit from temporary leave (TL), a life-course policy consisting of the entitlement to temporary paid leaves from work in exchange for delayed retirement. A survey has been conducted amongst the occupied workforce of a medium-sized...

... spells over eight years, identifying patterns in employment with latent class growth analyses. Employment Life course Gender Childcare Trajectories Housework It is often difficult to combine work and family; it is a task that requires the negotiation of different coping strategies...