The effect of health on retirement savings among older workers

Social Work Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-44

  Lum, Yat Sang ^a   Lightfoot, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; IRAs; Pensions; Retirement saving; Social security reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 2442477241     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/27.1.31     Document Type: Article

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