Keeping Australia's older workers in the labour force. A policy perspective

Australian Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 291-309

  Walter, Maggie ^a   Jackson, Natalie ^a   Felmingham, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Labour market; Older workers; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049099247     PISSN: 01576321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1839-4655.2008.tb00103.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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