Although population aging requires that employees increasingly work beyond traditional retirement ages, negative age … process) in shaping occupational future time perspective and, in turn, motivation to continue working beyond retirement age … less motivated to continue working beyond retirement age, because they have a more constrained occupational future time …

as a part of this study, the paper examines labor market consequences of this process, focusing on retirement pathways … old age: (i) previous employment is the most important predictor of the retirement pathway; (ii) older workers fall into … they are forced to do so by mandatory retirement regulations, and casual workers and the self-employed, who are forced to …