Ending a Career in the Auto Industry

"30 and Out"
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-1-4757-7045-2
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 427 g

Reihe: Springer Studies in Work and Industry

During the 1980s the news media were filled with reports of soaring unemployment as 'downsizing' and `restructuring' became the new buzzwords. Firms managed their workforce reduction by increasing the attractiveness of their pension plans-especially their -retirement plans. In this volume, the authors examine the U.S. auto industry and present a full-scale analysis of the work and retirement decisions of its workers. They address organizational context and the logic of financial incentives in employer-provided early retirement plans. The impact of pension provisions, layoffs, plant closures, attitudes about `generational equity', and other factors influencing the workers' evaluation of the optimum time to end their careers in the auto industry are explored.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hardy, Melissa A.

Quadagno, Jill

Hazelrigg, Lawrence

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Internal Labor Markets, Plant Closings, and Retirement.- Some Matters of Context.- The Financial Structure of Early-Retirement Pensions.- Predicting Early Retirement.- Discussing Options in an End-Game.- Solidarity and “Generational Equity”.- Aspects of Postretirement Satisfaction.- Inducing Early Retirement: Some Conclusions in Perspective.