Study Dingemans & Henkens (2014): study NL 2001
- Public
- 50-64 aged, Netherlands, followed before and after retirement, 2001-2011
- Survey name
- NL-NIDI work and retirement panel
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 1248
- Non Response
- Assessment
- Questionnaire: Paper & Pencil Interview (PAPI)
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Reasons for involuntary retirement
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- voluntary retirees about 6%
- Distribution
- (a) 13%, (b) 58%, (c) 10%, (d) 19%
- Operationalization
- Selfreport on why retirement was involuntary.
(a) health-related issues
(b) organizational and/or institutional issues
(c) health and organizational/institutional issues
(d) other reasons
Observed Relation with Happiness
-health problems(vs voluntary).
-organization issues(vs voluntary).
-health and organization issues(vs voluntary).
-other(vs voluntary).
All b controlled for:
Personal characteristics
- preretirement happiness(to capture change)
- time of retirement in survey wave
- age
- gender
- change of health problem
- perceived pension shortfall
Household composition
- partner status
- had children
Preretirement work context
- job satisfaction
- supervisor
- occupation level
- years of retirement
Retirement transition
- bridge employment status
- bridge job in the past
- motives for bridge employment
Happiness assessed atAssessed at
T1: 2001
T2: 2006/7
T3: 2011
Most participants retired in this period