'I'd rather keep running to the end and then jump off the cliff'. Retirement decisions: Who decides?

Journal of Social Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 455-472

  Vickerstaff, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE REFORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745643140     PISSN: 00472794     EISSN: 14697823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0047279406009871     Document Type: Article

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