Race differences in labor forceattachment and disability status

Gerontologist

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-321

  Bound, John ^a   Schoenbaum, Michael ^b   Waidmann, Timothy ^c  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Retirement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CAUCASIAN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISABILITY; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETIREMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ODDS RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029990779     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/36.3.311     Document Type: Article

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