#54.1 He thinks about retirement all day long

He thinks about retirement all day long. And that's a good thing!
Kene Henkens is one of the world's leading researchers on pensions
and retirement. And his topic is a hot topic. He is currently
leading the research project "Causes and consequences of
retirement" at the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic
Institute NIDI in The Hague which is described as follows: "Baby
boomers are ‘redefining’ retirement, as their needs and ambitions
for retirement are quite unlike those of previous generations.
Despite this, current research rarely studies baby boomers’ plans
for retirement and what they actually do after retirement." His
team of economists, sociologists and psychologists is looking at
the topic from many different perspectives. The result is research
work that is recognised internationally and has made him an
influential policy advisor. In this episode, we talk about, among
other things - the appeal of pensions as a research topic - the
different types of future and current pensioners - the insights
that Kene would like to realise as a retiree himself. He still has
time to plan. He is 63 years old, and the statutory retirement age
in the Netherlands is 67. He also has an employer who employs older
workers - and is therefore on trend internationally. This episode
can be heard in the original English. Or with voice over in German.