Cover -- The future for olderworkers -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Glossary of UK-based institutionsand programmes -- Notes on contributors -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Older workers in the labour market: the demographic context -- Introduction -- Background -- Demographic change: tales from an old and declining population -- Demographic change: comparisons with UK, European and global trends -- Older people, older workers: social and policy responses -- Conclusion -- 3. The American experience of age discrimination legislation -- Introduction -- The growth of interest in age discrimination -- The origins of the 1967 ADEA -- The working of the ADEA -- Evaluating the ADEA -- 4. The employment of older people:can we learn from Japan? -- Some conventional, and some less conventional, explanations -- System strains -- Policy responses -- Conclusion -- 5. Moving older people into jobs:Incapacity Benefit, Labour's reforms and the job shortfall in the UK regions -- Introduction -- Labour's reforms: the story so far -- Labour's reforms: the next steps -- The determinants of success -- The geography of joblessness -- The job shortfall for older workers -- Conclusion -- 6. Women's knowledge of, and attitudes to, pensions -- Introduction -- Summary of areas covered -- Knowledge and understanding of pensions -- Interest/engagement with pensions -- Propensity to make pension and other savings -- Confidence in pension provision -- Retirement age -- State pensions and compulsion -- Conclusion -- 7. Sustaining working lives: the challenge of retention -- Older workers, choice and sustainability -- Personal and career development, guidance and learning -- Characteristics of work 1: time, flexibility and work-life balance -- Characteristics of work 2: control, job quality and health.

Conclusion: sustaining working lives, changing work, changing workers -- 8. Healthy work for older workers: work design and management factors -- Introduction -- Work performance and age -- Work-related health and age -- Work-related stress and age -- Conclusion -- 9. Flexible work and older workers -- Introduction -- Economic activity status among older men and women in Great Britain -- Flexible working among older women and men -- The prospect for increasing flexible options -- More flexible options: opportunity or threat? -- 10. The employability of older workers: what works? -- Introduction -- The current state -- Methodology -- Research findings -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- 11. Is extending working life possible? Research and policy issues -- Introduction -- Retirement trends -- Older workers and employment -- Policy issues in extending retirement -- Conclusion -- 12. The future for older workers:opportunities and constraints -- The government role in extending working life -- The role of employers -- Individuals -- Conclusion -- Index.