Penser le travail post-retraite revient à questionner un découpage standardisé et institutionnalisé des âges de la vie, mais aussi à inscrire l’activité professionnelle au sein de parcours de vie qui sont à la fois le reflet de dynamiques individuelles et relationnelles et d’une structuration sociale. À partir de 60 entretiens réalisés en Belgique francophone et en Suisse romande, cet article montre combien les situations post-retraite d’aujourd’hui ne peuvent être comprises sans une inscription dans le passé et une imbrication des formes d’inégalités qui jalonnent les parcours de vie.
Thinking about post-retirement work means questioning the standardised and institutionalised division of the stages of life, but also placing professional activity within life courses that reflect both individual and relational dynamics and social structures. Based on 60 interviews conducted in French-speaking Belgium and French-speaking Switzerland, this article shows how today’s post-retirement situations cannot be understood without reference to the past and the intersecting forms of inequality that punctuate life courses.
Thinking about post-retirement work means questioning the standardised and institutionalised division of the stages of life, but also placing professional activity within life courses that reflect both individual and relational dynamics and social structures. Based on 60 interviews conducted in French-speaking Belgium and French-speaking Switzerland, this article shows how today’s post-retirement situations cannot be understood without reference to the past and the intersecting forms of inequality that punctuate life courses.