%0 Journal Article
%T The long goodbye: Age, demographics, and flexibility in retirement
%A David K. Foot
%A Rosemary A. Venne
%J Canadian Studies in Population
%D 2011
%I Canadian Population Society
%X The current literature on retirement decisions has given inadequate attention to the impacts of increasing life expectancy. This paper examines workforce aging and retirement within a framework that not only includes age, but also integrates increasing life expectancy into the discussion. Employee preference surveys regarding choice in retirement are supported by the demographic and by work-time compression arguments for retirement flexibility. We outlinearguments why partial-retirement policies would be a practical and timely transition strategy for organizations and societies in a world of increasing life expectancies and aging workforces,especially when facing the imminent retirement of the large post-war baby-boom generation.
%K Workforce aging
%K life expectancy
%K partial retirement
%U http://www.canpopsoc.ca/CanPopSoc/assets/File/publications/journal/2011/CSPv38n3-4p59.pdf