Taylor, Philip

Contractual arrangements and the retirement intentions of women in Australia

Older women represent an increasing proportion of Australia's paid labour force. Lacking is an understanding of how the nature of the contractual arrangement between worker and employer is associated with women's retirement intentions. Utilising data from a national survey of older women and employment, regression analysis is reported that tests the association between contractual arrangements and other meso level factors on the number of years until respondents' intended retirement. Taking a range of factors into account, it is found that those in casual employment anticipate retiring later t... Show more