Disability retirement among German men in the 1980s

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 628-647

  Riphahn, R T ^a  

^a IZA   (Germany)

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EID: 0013003694     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979399905200407     Document Type: Article

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