Gender Differences in Early Retirement Behaviour

European Sociological Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-198+i

  Dahl, Svenn Åge ^a   Nilsen, Øivind Anti ^b   Vaage, Kjell ^b  

^a Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 0345376029     PISSN: 02667215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/esr/19.2.179     Document Type: Review

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