Tracking the majority: Households, older workers, and retirement during the great depression

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Moen, Jon R ^a   Gratton, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICS; WORKER;

EID: 0034013595     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/55.1.S28     Document Type: Article

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