Are we getting healthier as we grow older? Implications for babyboomer labor force participation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1114, Issue , 2007, Pages 230-240

  Schofield, Deborah J ^a   Passey, Megan E ^a   Earnest, Arul ^a   Gloor, Ian C ^a   Shrestha, Rupendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Health; Health trends; Labor force participation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; BABY BOOMER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; RETIREMENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKER;

EID: 35948931052     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1396.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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