Retirement decision-making: Gender issues and policy implications

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 151-163

  Villani, Patricia J ^b   Roberto, Karen A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0345460030     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v09n01_12     Document Type: Article

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