Retirement and productive activity in later life

Journal of Family and Economic Issues

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 401-419

  Dosman, Donna ^a   Fast, Janet ^a   Chapman, Sherry Anne ^a   Keating, Norah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Productive activity; Retirement; Time use

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747727507     PISSN: 10580476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10834-006-9022-y     Document Type: Article

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