Talk:History of retirement

Correction[edit]

Request to correct the point under "19th Century": The retirement age listed in Bismarck's initial pension scheme proposal, which passed the Bundesrath in 1889, was 70 years old - not 65. It was only in 1916, almost three decades later, that the retirement age was brought down to 65 years old.

Sources:
Article from The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/10/how-retirement-was-invented/381802/
US Social Security Administration: https://www.ssa.gov/history/ottob.html
The Gerontologist, Volume 54, Issue 1 - Letter to the Editor: https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/54/1/5/561938 Mase0207 (talk) 03:37, 2 September 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mase0207 (talk • contribs) 03:34, 2 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

18th century and prior - Life Expectancy[edit]

The sources selected for this section are either poor or don't support the average life expectancy given in the passage. The first two are from the same authors, the third doesn't seem to account for infant mortality, the fourth is dead, the 5th doesn't appear to take infant mortality into consideration either (this article is only concerned about aging workers), and the last source gives the estimated (further) expectation of life after 21 years putting the average age well above what's stated in the wiki page. -en 12:00, 29 Sept. 2017 (EST)

20th Century[edit]

This article is very USA-centric. It would be good to include UK, Europe, and other parts of the world. (Jun 2023)

Deletion[edit]

The article has a ton of references and is sourced well. So it is not a good candidate for deletion.Rabbabodrool (talk) 18:30, 1 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Inaccurate perspective on average life expectency[edit]

It should be noted that this was calculated including infant and child mortality. If one survived this period, actual age of death shot up quite a bit. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.88.59.121 (talk) 20:18, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]