Pensions, households, and local labor markets: The shaping of old-age economic activity in 1910

Social Science Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 308-334

  Elman, Cheryl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

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EID: 0030240826     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ssre.1996.0015     Document Type: Article

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