Employment opportunities at older ages: Introduction to the special issue

Research on Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-16

  Johnson, Richard W ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 57349110530     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027508325001     Document Type: Review

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