The employment and retirement of older men, 1851-1881: Further evidence from the cencus

Continuity and Change

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 437-463

  Woollard, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; ELDERLY POPULATION; EMPLOYMENT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RETIREMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETIREMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CENSUSES; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MEN; OCCUPATIONS; RETIREMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0038795475     PISSN: 02684160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0268416002004381     Document Type: Article

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