Productive activity in later life: Stability and change across three decades

Research on Aging

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 691-712

  Fast, Janet E ^a   Dosman, Donna ^a   Moran, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Cohort; Gender; Paid and unpaid work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUALITY OF WORKING LIFE; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 33750023702     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027506292241     Document Type: Article

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