Pathways to early retirement: Structure and agency in decision-making among British civil servants

Ageing and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 761-778

  Higgs, Paul ^a   Mein, Gill ^a   Ferrie, Jane ^a   Hyde, Martin ^a   Nazroo, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early retirement; Qualitative research; Structure and agency

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SERVICE; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; RETIREMENT;

EID: 0344688268     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X03001326     Document Type: Article

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