Browsing Irish Centre for Social Gerontology (Scholarly Articles) by Title
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What role does rural place play in the lives of mid-life women in Sweden and Ireland?
(MDPI, 2020-11-06)Rural place is a significant influencer of the ageing and states of well-being experienced by older women. This paper extends existing knowledge on gendered rural place by examining its influence on mid-life (45–65 years) ... -
Why older rural women in Ireland want to work: it's not all about the money
(Cambridge University Press, 2021-11-15)This paper extends our understanding of employment and gendered rural ageing by examining the latent benefits of paid work for mid-life women in rural Ireland. Existing social gerontology literature deals extensively with ... -
Working later in the USA and Ireland: implications for precariously and securely employed women
(Cambridge University Press, 2018-07-17)Policies to extend working life (EWL) assume homogeneous workers face similar choices about working longer: this may be difficult for women, workers in physically onerous jobs or in low-paid precarious employment. Work-life ...