Women and Retirement

Women and Retirement: Challenges of a New Life Stage is the first book of its kind to examine women's retirement using a lifespan perspective. The book presents models of various retirement trajectories and compares women's experiences with the more widely researched retirement experiences of men.

Susan Moore is a researcher in social and developmental psychology, with over 40 years' experience in academic and professional environments. Now retired, she was the inaugural research professor in psychology at both Victoria University of Technology and Swinburne University in Australia, and is a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society. Doreen Rosenthal is a developmental psychologist and public health researcher, and an international expert in the field of adolescence. She was Professor of Women's Health and Director, Key Centre for Women's Health in Society in the Melbourne School of Population Health at The University of Melbourne until her retirement in February 2008. Doreen is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and an Officer in the Order of Australia.

Acknowledgments 1. RETIREMENT THEN AND NOW 2. WOMEN AT WORK 3. FINANCIAL SECURITY IN RETIREMENT 4. PLANNING AND DECISION-MAKING 5. THE PSYCHOSOCIAL JOURNEY: FROM WORKER TO RETIREE 6. RETIREMENT AND HEALTH 7. WHAT NEXT? 8. ACCENTUATE THE POSITIVE References Index