Part-Time Employment for the Low-Income Elderly: Experiences from the Field

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List of Tables
Series Editor's Preface
Foreword
About the Authors
Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 3
Part-Time Work: Background and Interpretive Framework	p. 15
Our Approach to Learning about Low-Income Older Adults Who Worked Part-Time	p. 39
Who Were the Low-Income Older Part-Timers?	p. 51
The Previous Work Careers of Part-Time and Unemployed Elders	p. 67
Job-Placement Services and the Older Worker	p. 73
The Structural Characteristics of Part-Time Work	p. 83
The Functional Characteristics of Part-Time Work	p. 95
Satisfaction with Part-Time Employment	p. 101
Discrimination in the Workplace	p. 113
Work and Retirement: Attitudes, Preferences, and Expectations	p. 123
The Special Case of the Unemployed	p. 133
The Special Case of the Full-Time Employed	p. 143
Conclusions and Recommendations	p. 149
Epilogue	p. 167
References	p. 169
Index	p. 179
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