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  • Social Sciences
  • Gerontology
  • Sociology

Background:

  • Retirement decisions are often viewed through a financial lens.
  • However, non-financial factors like the social meaning of work and spousal influence play a significant role.
  • Understanding these factors is crucial for older workers' well-being and labor market dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate why single older workers prefer to retire later than partnered older workers.
  • To examine the contribution of the social meaning of work and spousal influence to retirement preferences based on relationship status.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized multiactor data from 6,357 older workers in the Netherlands (2015).
  • Included data from spouses where applicable.
  • Employed mediation analysis to assess the role of the social meaning of work.

Main Results:

  • The social meaning of work varied by relationship status.
  • The social meaning of work partially explained differences in retirement preferences across relationship statuses.
  • Single workers retired later than those with "pulling" spouses, earlier than those with "pushing" spouses, and similarly to those with neutral spouses.

Conclusions:

  • Retirement preferences are influenced by the social significance of employment and spousal dynamics.
  • Relationship status is a key determinant in how these factors affect retirement timing.
  • Findings suggest a nuanced understanding beyond financial considerations is necessary for retirement planning and policy.