Retirement in the UK

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 40-56

  Banks, James ^a   Smith, Sarah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENSION SYSTEM; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646234015     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grj003     Document Type: Article

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