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Western society highly values work, and is structured in such a way that people have to be involved in the paid labour force to live. Forms of work that are unpaid are often not recognized as “real” or “meaningful”. Consequently, populations that are not involved in the paid labour force can often be conceptualized as unproductive, which is often the case when discussing retired seniors in Canada. Despite the wide-spread social expectations that older people should be retired and the public programs that enable their retirement, ideals about the makeup of meaningful social roles have not changed very much, and so are applied to this population in a similar manner as to their younger counterparts. In other words, people are not generally seen as socially productive or as having meaningful social roles if they are not active in the paid labour force. For this reason, many sociologists have come to characterize older people as being a “roleless” population. If not characterized as roleless, “retired” in itself has also been classified as a role for elderly people, but the social function of a retired person has not been clearly defined either. Because of this, this Master’s thesis endeavoured to learn more about the work-related roles and identities of retired seniors. Through discussions with seniors about the different work activities they have been involved in throughout their lives, the social expectations projected onto them, and how they conceive their own roles and identities, this study unravels classic definitions of work, leisure, and retirement.

Estudo empírico indutivo, que verifica como e percebida a velhice e a aposentadoria, e os estados subjetivos que tais fatos sugerem. Realiza entrevistas semi-estruturadas com sete professoras aposentadas. A analise revela que a velhice e uma fase critica e a aposentadoria um fato traumático. As entrevistadas sentem-se marginalizadas, ressentidas pelas perdas sofridas e falam do medo, da solidão, e da ausência de perspectivas futuras. Com esses dados elabora então, um instrumento de pesquisa que aplica a uma população de 100 indivíduos, sorteados aleatoriamente e distribuídos entre 5 faixas etárias com a idade variando entre 18 e 82 anos. Constata que entre os aposentados com mais de 59 anos, ha uma redução da auto-estima e da possibilidade de realização de ação, além da dificuldade de se reorganizarem e constituirem novos valores nesta etapa da vida. Entre aqueles com menos de 59 anos, verifica a presença de conflito, através do qual o individuo expressa suas dificuldades em relação aos aspectos investigados. Sugere a realização de outros estudos para maior investigação dos fatores que possibilitem uma velhice satisfatória e assegurem uma maior integração desses indivíduos a comunidade / This ls an empiric inductive study that checks the role now old age retirement and the subjective states that such facts suggest. The procedure started with partially structured interviews with seven retired lady teachers. The analysis has revealed that the old is a critical period and that retirement is a traumatic fact. The subjects of the interview felt alienated, expressed regret losses, and spoke experiences of fear and loneliness about a of future projects.After suc11 collected data, we built a research tool that was applied to a hundred subjects, chosen at random, and distributed among five age levels, the age varying from eighteen to eighty-two. Among the retired individuals above fifty-nine, we noticed the reduction of self-esteem and possibility of acting, and we observed their difficulty In reorganizing new values. Among the retired above fifty-nine, we noticed a conflict, through which the Individual expresses his difficulties related to the researched aspects. consequently, any clinical intervention, at a therapeutic or preventive level, cannot Ignore the confrontation of the stereotype of a quiet old age and the experienced reality, for, althougt1 we believe that the Individual may continue to develop, even at this stage of life, we noticed that the researched aspects are difficult to deal with and are noticed in a negative way by the researched population. We do hope that these results can motivate other researchers, towards th1s group of society. We should like that those aspects that can guaratee a better old age and a bigger integration of those individuals to the community could be more largely researched

This study estimates the value of farmers stated succession plans in predicting revealed succession decisions. The stated succession plan exists when a farmer answers in a survey questionnaire that the farm is going to be transferred to a new entrant within a five year period. The succession is revealed when the farm is transferred to a successor. The stated and revealed behaviour is estimated as a recursive Binomial-Probit- Model, which accounts for censoring of the decision variables and controls for a potential correlation between the estimating equations. The results suggest that the succession plans, as stated by elderly farmers in the questionnaires, do not provide information that is significant and valuable in predicting the true, revealed successions, once certain farm and farmer characteristics are controlled for.