SOC246H1 Lecture 9: SOC246 - Lecture 9.docx
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Ex. thyroid surgeon, productivity is seen to rise from 30-40 years, stable from 40-55 years, decreases from 55-63 years. Reguires quick decisions, get more used to decisions as age. Yet, these quick decisions become harder as people age. Several ideas often interchangeably: a event or ceremony marking departure from a particular job, a phase of the occupational life cycle, a process of separation from employment, a social role. How to measure retirement: receiving a pension, total cessation of employment, departure from the major job or career of adulthood. Can still have side work: significant reduction in hours of employment. Didn"t have to put up with job, but still had a source of income. The welfare state, financial security, and generational politics. Pensions and old age security represent part of the social contract implicit in modern welfare states. Otto van bismark unified germany into one nation: created a notional social insurance program for senior citizens.
