Valuation of unpaid help by seniors in Canada: An empirical analysis

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 430-446

  Robb, Roberta ^a   Denton, Margaret ^b   Gafni, Amiram ^b   Joshi, Anju ^b   Lian, Jason ^b   Rosenthal, Carolyn ^b   Willison, Donald ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Seniors; Unpaid Help; Valuation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SOCIAL WORK; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0033497290     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800010035     Document Type: Article

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