That was when Germany first introduced it. It makes all the more sense given that retirement, both the ideological concept, as well as the government support which affords its existence, did not appear on the scene until the 1880s. Such variance suggests those 65+ workers are electing to stop working in greater numbers as the decades pass.
The difference is staggering, amounting to a nearly phenomenal 60%. One of the things Economic Historians have noted when taking the learned lens of their particular field of study and holding it up against the panorama of changes that have occurred in the American workforce in the last century is the large decline of male workers 65+ employed between the latter 1800s when compared to the early part of the 21st century. He was born on July 5, 1900, more than a century ago. His many works and theories, expounding upon his ideas in the fields of Human Development, and Educational Theory, justified his induction into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame. It’s hard, perhaps, to envision such an idea could once have been revolutionary, if not actually counter-intuitive, to most people’s way of thinking, even though such is in fact the case.įirst, an overdue introduction with proper credit to the proponent of said remarkable theory Robert James HavigHurst was an illustrious researcher. If you were told of a remarkable theory proposing that older people who stay active tend to achieve greater satisfaction, besides living longer lives, it would be a good guess that you would agree, except about the remarkable part.
Readjusting Attitudes: Havighurst’s Activity Theory
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