Retiree health insurance and the labor force behavior of older men in the 1990s

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 64-80

  Blau, David M ^a   Gilleskie, Donna B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 0035586476     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465301750160045     Document Type: Article

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