Retirement patterns and employee benefits: Do benefits matter?

Gerontologist

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-47

  Fronstin, Paul ^a  

^a Employee Benefit Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Expected retirement age; Postretirement employee benefits

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; PENSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY;

EID: 0033046960     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/39.1.37     Document Type: Article

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