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Retirement: good or bad for your heart?

Posted on May 16, 2019May 16, 2019 by Chris Garrington

Across the globe, more people are spending more time in retirement than ever before. So staying healthy in later life is critical. Yet political debates on ageing tend to ignore a growing body of research on how retirement can affect our health. Baowen Xue and colleagues from the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at…

Working with a long-term illness – does employment status make a difference?

Posted on August 20, 2018 by Chris Garrington

Across the developed world, a growing share of the population suffers from chronic disease such as diabetes, arthritis or heart problems – in the EU, around 45 per cent of those aged 55-64 had such a disease in 2015. And that affects their ability to work: just half of those with chronic illnesses are employed,…

Work stress and ill health – what’s the link?

Posted on July 17, 2018December 5, 2018 by Chris Garrington

Lots of studies have suggested stress can be a cause of ill health – and that leads to people ceasing to work before they reach retirement age. But most have offered only a snapshot on the issue. Now a new analysis of data from a major panel study by José Ignacio CuitúnCoronado and Tarani Chandola…

A question of support: working longer and what works

Posted on February 5, 2018August 8, 2022 by Chris Garrington

As more of us work for longer, it’s important to recognise the needs of older workers: and that includes the fact that as we age we are more likely to suffer from long-term illnesses. To what extent do our working conditions affect our decisions about whether or not to continue in a job despite having…

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  • Health and place: How levelling up health can keep older workers working
  • Unsocial working hours: are these compatible for parents and families?
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  • Were women’s domestic burdens eased by Covid-19 lockdowns? And will the pandemic have a lasting effect on household work-sharing?
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  • Pandemic parents: who was most affected?
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  • Were women’s domestic burdens eased by Covid-19 lockdowns? And will the pandemic have a lasting effect on household work-sharing?

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