Shortages in an ageing labour market: An analysis of employers' behaviour

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1314-1329

  Henkens, Kène ^a   Remery, Chantal ^b   Schippers, Joop ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Employers; Labour supply; Workforce decline

Indexed keywords

EID: 48249085746     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802110117     Document Type: Article

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