Do the sick retire early? Chronic illness, asset accumulation and early retirement

Applied Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1921-1936

  Miah, M Solaiman ^a   Wilcox Gök, Virginia ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; HEALTH STATUS; RETIREMENT;

EID: 34547937125     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600690165     Document Type: Article

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