We examine individuals' retirement behaviour in response to changes in the State Pension eligibility age introduced in various Pension Acts in the UK. The findings show the probability of retirement increases sharply once individuals become eligible for State Pension, by 40 pp and 34 pp for men...

The book examines poverty on the basis of qualitative interviews and makes clear that the term conceals an entire lifeworld. Great Britain as the area of study is seen as the prototype of a 'neoliberal' welfare state in which poverty leads to the devaluation of social status. This is...

Das Buch untersucht die Ursachen für das hohe Armutsrisiko alleinerziehender Mütter in Deutschland. Handelt es sich primär um Selektionseffekte von benachteiligten Frauen ins Alleinerziehen oder werden Frauen durch das Alleinerziehen arm? Welche Rolle spielt dabei der institutionelle Kontext...