Sweden

Lars-Gunnar Engström (lars-gunnar.engstrom@kau.se), Satu Heikkinen and Clary Krekula
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Lars-Gunnar Engström: Karlstad University
Satu Heikkinen: Karlstad University
Clary Krekula: Karlstad University

Chapter 35 in Extended Working Life Policies, 2020, pp 439-447 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Extended working lifeWorking life in SwedenSweden is discussed using the old age pensionPension age reform of 2001 and debates and policies following this reform as a starting point. Extended working lifeWorking life is also discussed in relation toWork flexible flexible workFlexible work , unpaidCaring, care, caregiving caregivingCaregiving , employers’Employers attitudes towardWorker older older workersOlder workers and working environmentWorking environment . The implications of different outcomes of an extended working lifeWorking life for menMen and women and possible healthHealth effectsHealth effects are considered. Several issues with gender as well as healthHealth implicationsHealth implications have to be further analyzed and evaluated to ensure not only financial sustainabilitySustainability of the pension system but also equal opportunities for menMen as well as for women both in an extended working lifeWorking life and in life after retirement.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-40985-2_35

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