Wellbeing, Health, Retirement and the Lifecourse 20 th June 2017 2pm-5.30pm WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
Welcome from Chair Norma Cohen PPI Governor WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
Report Introduction Karen Glaser Principal Investigator WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
WHERL is a three-year research project investigating ageing, work and health across the lifecourse Report Introduction Karen Glaser Principal Investigator WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
WHERL is one of the Extended Working Lives Consortia Grants funded by the: • Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) • Medical Research Council (MRC) ... through the Lifelong Health and Wellbeing (LLHW) programme. Our funding (£1.22m) was invested in making a significant contribution to our understanding of how inequalities across the lifecourse relate to paid work in later life in the UK (ES/LS002825/1) WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
Today we will share the highlights of our project’s findings covering three major areas: • i) a comprehensive assessment of lifecourse determinants and consequences for health and wellbeing of working up to and beyond state pension age; • ii) an evaluation of whether (and how) these relationships have changed for different cohorts and over time; and • iii) modelling of the financial consequences of working up to and beyond state pension age for those with different lifecourse trajectories. WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
WHERL is led by the Institute of Gerontology at King’s College London in partnership with: • Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London • Epidemiology & Public Health at University College London • Dalla Lana School of Public Health at University of Toronto • Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA), University of Manchester • Pensions Policy Institute • Age UK • UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
Work and Family Histories (Chapter 1) Laurie M Corna King’s College London WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
Summarising Life History Data • Using Optimal Matching Analysis, we summarised detailed data on labour market spells from ages 16-54 and 16-state pension age • Individuals who share common experiences were grouped together with the help of synthetic sequences 1. Mostly full-time throughout 16-54 2. Mostly non-employed throughout 16-54 3. Full-time, very early exit (at 49) 4. Family carer to part-time (Medium break: 7 years) 5. Family carer to full-time (Long break: 12 years) 6. Family carer throughout WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council 7. Mostly part-time throughout (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
Matching individuals to their nearest synthetic history Two example synthetic histories depicted here are Full-time throughout (FTT) and Family care to part-time work (FT-NW-PT). Synthetic 16 17 18 19 20 … 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 histories FTT FT FT FT FT FT … FT FT FT FT FT FT FT FT-NW-PT FT FT FT FT NW … PT PT PT PT PT PT PT Four observed individual histories: Observed 16 17 18 19 20 … 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 individuals 1 FT FT FT FT FT … FT FT FT FT FT FT FT 2 FT FT FT FT FT … FT FT FT FT FT NW NW 3 FT FT FT NW NW … PT PT PT PT PT PT PT 4 FT FT FT FT NW … PT PT PT NW NW NW NW WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) … through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
Chart 1: Labour market histories at age 55 and over, men and women born 1920-49 Women Men Other Mostly Mostly 4% part-time Full-time full-time Mostly 8% very 20% family early exit carer 13% 20% Mostly non- Family Mostly employed carer to Family full-time 10% full-time carer to Full-time 83% (long part-time very early break: (medium exit 12 years) break: 9% 16% 7 years) 18% WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant. Source: BHPS
Chart 2: Labour market histories up to State Pension Age: Men aged 65 and over and women aged 60 and over, born 1916-46 Men 16-64 Women 16-59 Mostly Later start, part-time Family early exit throughou carer to 8% Mostly t full-time full-time 5% (medium throughou break: t 9 years) Full-time, Family 26% 17% carer to early exit Mostly Mostly part-time 30% non- full-time (short employed/ throughout break: 4 family 49% Family years) carer Full-time, carer to 11% Mostly throughou Weak very early part-time non- t attachmen exit (long employed 22% t, very 9% break: 16 throughout early exit years) 4% 6% WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council 13% (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) Source: ELSA wave 3 2006/07 through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
Box 3. Birth cohorts compared across the three data sources Data Women Birth cohort Age in 2017 Retirement Survey 1924-1933 84-93 (1988/1989) BHPS (1999/00) 1934-1943 74-83 ELSA wave 4 1944-1953 64-73 (2008/09) WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
Chart 3: Changes in labour market histories by cohort, men aged 60-69 and women aged 55-64 Men 16-59 Women 16-54 4% 100% 100% 7% 9% 8% 10% 4% 14% >1% 11% 22% 18% 21% 13% 80% 80% 4% 16% 2% 17% 15% 60% 60% 25% 92% 21% 25% 69% 40% 40% 69% 7% 9% 7% 6% 8% 6% 20% 20% 24% 19% 18% 0% 0% 1919-28 1929-38 1939-48 1924-33 1934-43 1944-53 Mostly part-time Later start, early exit Mostly family carer Full-time, very early exit Family carer to full-time (medium break: 12 years) Mostly non-employed throughout Mostly full-time throughout Family carer to part-time (medium break: 7 years) Full-time, very early exit Mostly non-employed throughout WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant. Source: 1988/89 RS; 1999/00 BHPS; 2008/09 ELSA wave 4
Family Histories Fertility Histories Marital Histories 1. No children 1. Never married 2. One early (about 23) 2. Long-term married 3. One later (about 36) 3. Marriage ends early 4. Two early (about 24) 5. Later large(about 30) 6. Early large (about 22) WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
Chart 5: Changes in parental histories by cohort, men aged 60- 69 and women aged 55-64 Men 16-59 Women 16-54 100% 10% 16% 18% 19% 21% 90% 29% 18% 8% 80% 13% 11% 10% 70% 5% 30% 23% 60% 29% 29% 35% 50% 33% 17% 40% 20% 10% 12% 9% 30% 8% 11% 8% 14% 9% 13% 20% 12% 21% 20% 10% 18% 17% 14% 13% 0% 1919-28 1929-38 1939-48 1924-33 1934-43 1944-53 No children in household 1 child early 1 child later 1-2 children early WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council 1-3 children later Early large family (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) Source: 1988/89 RS; 1999/00 BHPS; 2008/09 ELSA wave 4 through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
• Summaries of detailed labour market histories across the lifecourse reveal the complexity of men and women’s lives • Men who started work later, but who left the labour market at around age 60, were more likely to be socio-economically advantaged • Cohort comparisons revealed that working full-time throughout the lifecourse has become less common among men; changes in women’s labour market histories are less marked WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
Work Family Histories and Retirement (Chapter 2) Karen Glaser King’s College London WHERL is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and Medical Research Council (MRC) through an Extended Working Lives Consortia Grant.
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