Becoming an Entrepreneur after Retirement: Results from a Longitudinal Study in the Netherlands

Hanna Solinge

Chapter 4 in Entrepreneurship, Self-Employment and Retirement, 2015, pp 90-111 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Self-employment and entrepreneurship among older age groups is rising (Wang, Zhan, Liu and Shultz 2008). This trend seems related to a broader development in older workers work-retirement and life-cycle career choices. Considerable research has established that retirement can be characterised as a process which can take multiple forms (Beehr and Bennett 2007). Many older adults engage in some form of transitional employment (so-called bridge jobs) between their career employment and complete labour force withdrawal, combining earnings and the receipt of retirement benefits. The importance of these bridge jobs, including self-employment, is likely to increase in the future (Cahill, Giandrea and Quinn 2013).

Keywords: Life Satisfaction; Early Retirement; Entrepreneurial Preference; Satisfaction With Life Scale; Wage Employment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137398390_5

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