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Zugl.: Leipzig, Univ., Diss., 2007

Zugl.: Leipzig, Univ., Diss., 2007.

Zweite Studienarbeit Hochschule für Angewandte Psychologie Zürich, 2005.

Zugl.: Düsseldorf, Univ., Diss.

Zugl.: Augsburg, Univ., Diss., 2005

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Augsburg, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-353).

The paper examines the extent to which the prestige value of a retiree’s former occupation increases the likelihood that they will make a transition into volunteering after retirement. Following social production function theory, we assume that when a person retires, the prestige value attached to their former occupation fades. The fact that volunteering has the character of a collective good provides the opportunity to gain social prestige to offset the loss of occupational prestige. However, the extent of the incentive to volunteer will be distributed unequally across occupations: the higher the former occupational prestige value, the higher the perceived loss of prestige after retirement. Thus, doing a job with high prestige value increases the incentive to volunteer in retirement. This assumption is tested, using data taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) 1992-2013. The sample contains 1,631 workers and 589 retirees, 278 of whom transitioned into volunteering during the observation window. Based on Kaplan-Meier-Failure-Estimates and complementary log-log hazard models, findings show a positive effect of occupational prestige on the transition into volunteering. Thus, the loss of high occupational prestige can be compensated by the social prestige associated with volunteering. Formal volunteering in retirement follows, albeit to a lesser extent, the logic of the occupational social strata.

Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, was der Vorruhestand für die Ostdeutschen lebensbiographisch bedeutet und welche Funktion und Effekte dieser Aspekt des Institutionentransfers arbeits-markt- und sozialpolitisch hatte. Der Autor entwickelt zur Charakterisierung dieses Vorgangs den Begriff des "Verordneten Ruhestands". Eine theoretisch modellierte umfangreiche Empirie zeigt die subjektiv biographischen Erfahrung und Verarbeitung des "Verordneten Ruhestands" im Kontext der umfas-senden Probleme der deutschen Einigung. Die Darstellung macht deutlich, daß der Institutionentransfer im Zuge der Einigung zwar eine Einheit institutioneller Regeln, zugleich aber auch eine Differenz der Mentalitäten erzeugt und verstärkt hat. Im Ergebnis entwirft der Autor eine theoretisch begründete und empirisch differenzierte Typologie kultureller Handlungs- und Rückzugsmuster. Die Darstellung zeigt, wie differenziert Lebens- und Systemgeschichte zusammengehören. Unübersehbar, daß Probleme des Wohlfahrsstaates im Zuge fortschreitender Modernisierung von den Menschen Anstrengungen, Neuarrangements und Verantwortung verlangen. / This thesis focuses on the effect of early retirement on the lives of East Germans, the function of this aspect of institutional transfer and its consequences for the job market and socio-political structures. The term coined by the author to describe this process is "prescribed retirement". Comprehensive empirical analysis based on a theoretical model has been used to demonstrate in subjective, biographical terms how "prescribed retirement" is experienced and dealt with within the problematical context of German unification. This account shows clearly that, while generating a uniform set of institutional norms, the institutional transfer necessitated by unification has also served to produce and heighten differences in mentality between the respective citizens of the two former German states. In his conclusions, the author has set up a theoretically based and empirically differentiated typology of cultural patterns of action and withdrawal. His account demonstrates the many ways in which human lives can be linked with the history of the system. The obvious conclusion is that in view of the modernisation process, the problems of the welfare state will necessitate an increased contribution from its members in terms of effort, re-arrangement and responsibility.

The paper examines the extent to which the prestige value of a retiree’s former occupation increases the likelihood that they will make a transition into volunteering after retirement. Following social production function theory, we assume that when a person retires, the prestige value attached to their former occupation fades. The fact that volunteering has the character of a collective good provides the opportunity to gain social prestige to offset the loss of occupational prestige. However, the extent of the incentive to volunteer will be distributed unequally across occupations: the higher the former occupational prestige value, the higher the perceived loss of prestige after retirement. Thus, doing a job with high prestige value increases the incentive to volunteer in retirement. This assumption is tested, using data taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) 1992-2013. The sample contains 1,631 workers and 589 retirees, 278 of whom transitioned into volunteering during the observation window. Based on Kaplan-Meier-Failure-Estimates and complementary log-log hazard models, findings show a positive effect of occupational prestige on the transition into volunteering. Thus, the loss of high occupational prestige can be compensated by the social prestige associated with volunteering. Formal volunteering in retirement follows, albeit to a lesser extent, the logic of the occupational social strata.