Clocking out: Temporal patterning of retirement

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 191-236

  Han, Shin Kap ^a   Moen, Phyllis ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0039242044     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/210271     Document Type: Article

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