Gradual retirement: Preferences and limitations

Economist

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 113-144

  Kantarci, Tunga ^a   Van Soest, Arthur ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NETSPAR   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Partial pension; Phased retirement

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; LABOR MARKET; LABOR PARTICIPATION; PENSION SYSTEM; RETIREMENT;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 47949104977     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-008-9086-1     Document Type: Article

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