Recent Trends in the Labour Force Participation of Older People in the UK

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 551-579

  Taylor, Philip ^a   Urwin, Peter ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0007204910     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0440.00042     Document Type: Article

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