Labor force transitions of older married couples in Germany

Labour Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-252

  Blau, David M ^a   Riphahn, Regina T ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Couples; Employment; Germany; H55; J26; Labor force; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042709850     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0927-5371(99)00017-2     Document Type: Article

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