The aim is to examine the link between health and working hours on the one hand, and between the support provided to family members and working hours on the other. These findings should help inform the public policy debate on extending working life, so as to take health and well-being into account.
The aim of this project is to shed light on the relationship between longer working hours, health, and the support provided to relatives who are losing their independence. This issue is a matter of public policy in each of the countries involved in this project (France, Germany, the United Kingdom and Denmark). The aim is therefore to shed light on the choice of working hours, and how this decision affects the health and well-being of older people, as well as how taking on the responsibility of caring for elderly relatives may affect the carer’s ability to work for longer. This study will take into account the institutional aspects of the countries under consideration, as well as the implications in terms of inequalities.
The French National Research Agency (ANR) is helping to fund the French team. JPI ‘More Years, Better Lives’
