Do single women value early retirement more than single men?

Labour Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-71

  Danø, Anne Møller ^a,b   Ejrnæs, Mette ^b,c   Husted, Leif ^a,b  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF GOVERNMENTAL RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^b Ctr for Integration/Marginalization   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gender differences; Option value; Panel data; Retirement; Singles

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144280264     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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