Working time options over the life course: new work patterns and company strategies

Abstract

-Working time and the life courseHistory of the life course model The role of individual behaviour Towards individualisation Methodological approach to data 3 -Working time arrangements in households Household life phases Continuity and interruptions in work biographies 4 -Income sources and income levels Income at different life phases Impact of interrupted and reduced working hours on earnings 5 -Working time preferences Data on working time preferences Preferred arrangements of couples 6 -Gender differences in working time arrangements 7 -Company strategies for time management Reasons for offering working time options Current practices in companies Innovative working time arrangements Contents 8 -Conclusions Emergence of a life course perspective in time policies Social security over the life course Labour market integration and working time profiles Flexibility in time and income arrangements