Unemployment and the older worker in The Netherlands: Re-entry into the labour force or resignation

Ageing and Society

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 561-578

  Henkens, Kène ^a   Sprengers, Maarten ^b   Tazelaar, Frits ^c  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Discouraged worker; Older worker; Panel study; Re entry; Resignation; The Netherlands; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

LABOUR MARKET; MARKET REENTRY; MIDDLE AGED POPULATION; UNEMPLOYMENT IMPACT;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 0030425509     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0144686x00020237     Document Type: Article

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