Retirement incentives and couples' retirement decisions

Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 441-470

  Coile, Courtney ^a  

^a WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; Retirement; Social Security

Indexed keywords

EID: 13444291758     PISSN: 15380653     EISSN: 15380653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1538-0653.1277     Document Type: Article

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