title: [Determinants of the decision to retire. A contribution to the discussion on the "flexible retirement age limit" (author's transl)].
abstract: Our research intended to analyse the effects of the "Flexible Altersgrenze" (introduced in 1973) on the position of older workers. The study was designed as a casestudy in three firms of different branches of industry. We found out that all older workers planned to make use of the "Flexible Altersgrenze" in as far as their income and insurance claims permitted it. Under this scheme the retirement age would still be higher than most of the workers would prefer. The following stipulations infludenced the decision to retire: -- the state of physical health -- the strain of working-conditions in their present job and throughout their working-life -- a pessimistic view of their job prospects at that age -- unfavourable experiences with the effects of technical and organisational change in working-conditions -- the necessity of changing the job in later life because of the incapability to bear its strain.
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D005860:Germany, West; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012179:Retirement
vernacular_title: Determinaten der Ruhestandsentscheidung--Ein beitrag zur Diskussion um die flexible Altersgrenze.