Quaderni IRCrES 25 – Introduzione
Introduzione
Invecchiamento sociale e benessere: traiettorie lavorative e relazionali dopo i 50 anni*
Social ageing and well‑being: Work and social relationship trajectories after age 50
Anna D’Ascenzio(a), Luisa Errichiello(b), Greta Falavigna(a), Valentina Lamonica(a)
(a) CNR-IRCrES, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Ricerca sulla Crescita Economica Sostenibile, strada delle Cacce 73, 10135 Torino, Italia
(b) CNR-ISMed, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Studi sul Mediterraneo, via Cardinale Guglielmo Sanfelice, 8, 80134 Napoli, Italia
corresponding authors: luisa.errichiello@cnr.it; greta.falavigna@cnr.it
Abstract
This volume presents the main findings from the second year of the EU PNRR PE “Age-It: Ageing Well in an Ageing Society”, a national project aimed at understanding and governing the transformations generated by demographic ageing. Through an interdisciplinary and multi‑level approach, the project develops analytical frameworks and policy strategies that promote active, inclusive, and sustainable ageing, focusing on older adults’ quality of life and on the economic, social, cultural, and institutional implications of population ageing. The contributions collected here address several key challenges posed by longevity in advanced societies. They examine how technological and organizational transitions reshape labour markets, highlighting the increasing precariousness affecting older workers and the difficulties they face in navigating fragmented careers, skills obsolescence, and weak contractual protections. Additional chapters explore bridge employment and its role in late‑career transitions, the importance of social networks and urban environments for well-being in older age, and the mismatch between emerging social needs and welfare systems still anchored to traditional models. Further analyses investigate the macroeconomic implications of asymmetric information and institutional transparency, as well as the determinants of work-life balance, care responsibilities, and retirement timing among older Italian workers, drawing on original survey data and innovative methodological tools. Taken together, these contributions provide an integrated and multifaceted picture of the challenges posed by demographic change and offer insights for designing policies that support active, dignified, and socially inclusive ageing.
Keywords: labour market, social well-being, bridge employment, precarity, macroeconomic expectations, work-life balance.
DOI: 10.23760/2499-6661.2026.25_00
ISBN: 978-88-98193-40-0
ISSN (online): 2499-6661
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How to Cite
D’Ascenzio, A., Errichiello, L., Falavigna, G., & Lamonica, V. (2026). Invecchiamento sociale e benessere: traiettorie lavorative e relazionali dopo i 50 anni. In D’Ascenzio, A., Errichiello, L., Falavigna, G., & Lamonica, V. (cur.). Mercato del lavoro e relazioni sociali dopo i 50. Riflessioni e politiche per il benessere in una società che invecchia (pp. 5-7). Quaderni IRCrES 25. CNR-IRCrES. http://dx.doi.org/10.23760/2499-6661.2026.25_00
*Questo lavoro è stato realizzato nell’ambito del progetto finanziato da Next Generation EU – “Age-It – Ageing wellin an ageing society” (PE0000015), CUP B83C22004880006 – Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR) – PE8 –Missione 4, Componente 2, Investimento 1.3. Le opinioni espresse sono esclusivamente degli autori e non riflettononecessariamente quelle dell’Unione Europea o della Commissione Europea. Né l’Unione Europea né la Commissione Europea possono essere ritenute responsabili dei contenuti qui riportati.