Department of Sociology/Office for Population Studies, Masaryk University, Joštova 10, Brno, 602 00, Czechia.
Soc Sci Res. 2019 Aug;82:33-44. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.04.011. Epub 2019 Apr 25.
This paper examines the effect of prolonged working careers on subjective quality of life (QoL) in four European regions. The paper tests a basic assumption of the role accumulation theory and the active ageing approach that additional roles, including prolonged working careers, are beneficial for the quality of life of older people. The propensity score matching method was used on data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) for four European regions with distinctive economic, institutional, and cultural contexts connected to paid work. The context-sensitive effects of prolonged labour force participation on QoL as a whole, control, and pleasure are positive in regions in which financial need serves as a more important motivation to work than nonmaterial need. In contrast, the effects on QoL as a whole and autonomy are negative in wealthier and more developed European regions. The paper concludes that the main motivation for prolonged working careers seems to be to avoid deteriorating living standards; satisfactory retirement conditions should thus be an aim complementary to incentives for those who are willing and able to work longer.
本文考察了在四个欧洲地区，延长工作生涯对主观生活质量（QoL）的影响。本文检验了角色积累理论和积极老龄化方法的一个基本假设，即额外的角色，包括延长工作生涯，对老年人的生活质量有益。本研究使用了来自欧洲健康、老龄化和退休调查（SHARE）的数据，该数据来自四个具有不同经济、制度和文化背景的欧洲地区，这些地区与有偿工作有关。在那些金融需求比非物质需求更能成为工作动机的地区，延长劳动力参与对生活质量整体、控制感和愉悦感的积极影响较大。相比之下，在更富裕和更发达的欧洲地区，这种影响对生活质量整体和自主性则是负面的。本文的结论是，延长工作生涯的主要动机似乎是避免生活水平下降；因此，令人满意的退休条件应该是一个目标，与那些愿意和能够延长工作时间的人提供的激励相辅相成。
