The chapters of this book give the answers to questions related to labour market transitions between labour and care and transitions between the labour market and retirement. E.g. can men cross the bridge to the field of care as easily as women? Which arrangements help women to return to the labour market after some years of fulltime motherhood? Is parttime retirement to be preferred to fulltime retirement? And: who benefits from leave and other life course arrangements? Scientists will be triggered by the theoretical notions and the firm empirical analyses.
Publication on gender statistics. It describes the situations of women and men at different stages of their lives. .It begins by covering children, their education and initial training. Possible differences between women and men .in the age at which they leave the family home and in their lifestyles are also shown. It then examines women and men in their professional life, focusing on their differing career paths, the respective positions they occupy and their abilities and strategies for reconciling the pursuit of a working career with family responsibilities. The final analytical part is a review of women and men beyond retirement age, including the income they receive from pensions and other sources. Whether or not they are still working, their household circumstances, their health and social relations are further matters dealt with in the publication.