Social and economic strategies of the new retirees

Abstract

Since the 1980s, the elderly have been gaining a special relevance and a bigger role in modern society. The retiree of today is not the same retiree of years back, and a distinction must be made between the «traditional» versus the «new» retiree, who will be the retiree of the future. This new retiree is the topic of this project, which focuses on understanding the social and economic strategies which they use to adapt to their new situation. In order to understand the social and economic strategies of this new retiree, we centre on the analysis of their discourse.