Devolution of employment and training policy: The case of older workers

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 37-60

  Doeringer, Peter ^a   Sum, Andrew ^b   Terkla, David ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Full employment; Labor reserves; Labor scarcities; Older workers; Training programs

Indexed keywords

DEVOLUTION; ELDERLY POPULATION; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR POLICY; TRAINING;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETIREMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; STATE GOVERNMENT;

MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3543103765     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v14n03_03     Document Type: Article

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