Earnings losses of older displaced workers: A detailed analysis with administrative data

Research on Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-40

  Couch, Kenneth A ^a   Jolly, Nicholas A ^b   Placzek, Dana W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Connecticut Department of Labor ^*

Author keywords

Administrative data; Earnings losses; Job displacement; Older workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349192728     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027508324638     Document Type: Article

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