A Cross Sectional Study on the Employment of Senior Citizens: A Literature Review on Prospects and Challenges

Abstract

The employment of senior citizens presupposes the existence and maintenance of quality elderly life and successful aging wherever it is provided by concerned states, governments, and cause-oriented advocacies. Brazil and a number of European Union countries, even parts of Asia and African countries, including Russia, lead an array of models that identify and establish the impact of a number of moderating variables in post-retirement employment such as age and elderly-friendly cities, concepts, and predictors of issues, such as successful active aging, post-retirement work intentions, the impact of health and health care status, early retirement, the reconfiguration of work and the family. The models directly advocate the employment quality of senior citizens, pension fairness, longevity gaps, and effect on public finance, even the participation of senior citizens in policy-making, and similar other mediating variables. The theory of self-determination and work motivation is a strong phenomenological determinant of employment outcomes. Using a cross-sectional study, the research identifies a mix of cultural, socio-economic, and political issues and drivers that may seal the fate of senior citizens’ post-retirement welfare status. The study hypothesizes and ultimately explores that the government, the business sector, and civil society strongly mediate the successful trajectory of senior citizen welfare processes.