Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 The Dialectics of Work and Welfare / Vroom, Bert de / Naschold, Frieder -- 2 Early Retirement: Stability, Reversal, or Redefinition / Jacobs, Klaus / Rein, Martin -- 3 The Netherlands: The Loreley-Effect of Early Exit / Trommel, Willem / Vroom, Bert de -- 4 Germany: The Concerted Transition from Work to Welfare / Naschold, Frieder / Oppen, Maria / Peinemann, Holger / Rosenow, Joachim -- 5 Sweden: Policy Dilemmas of the Changing Age Structure in a 'Work Society' / Olofsson, Gunnar / Petersson, Jan -- 6 Japan: Shukko, Teinen and Re-Employment / Kimura, Takeshi / Takagi, Ikuro / Oka, Masato / Omori, Maki -- 7 Former East Germany: From Plan to Market and the Dramatic Effect on Exit / Schuster, Martina / Stieler, Brigitte -- 8 Great Britain: Firm Policy, State Policy and the Employment of Older Workers / Casey, Bernard / Wood, Stephen -- 9 The United States: Employer Policies for Discouraging Work by Older People / Hutchens, Robert -- 10 Regulating Employment and Retirement: An International Comparison between Firms and Countries / Naschold, Frieder / Vroom, Bert de / Casey, Bernard -- Contributors