Assessing the effects of an early retirement program

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 387-408

  Bratberg, Espen ^a   Holmås, Tor Helge ^a   Thøgersen, Øystein ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Induced retirement; Matching estimators; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043166216     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-003-0165-y     Document Type: Article

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