Disability insurance denial rates and the labor force participation of older men and women in Canada

Atlantic Economic Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-75

  Campolieti, Michele ^a   Goldenberg, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Denial rates; Disability insurance; Labor force participation; Older men and women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847608898     PISSN: 01974254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11293-006-9061-7     Document Type: Article

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