Trade unions and the elderly population: Is retirement still linked to the sphere of work?

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 180-188

  Kohli, M ^a   Kunemund H ^a   Wolf, J ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Retreatment; Trade union; Work

Indexed keywords

EID: 0343304688     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.1997.tb00187.x     Document Type: Article

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