Health and retirement: Do changes in health affect retirement expectations?

Journal of Human Resources

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 624-648

  McGarry, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ELDERLY POPULATION; HEALTH STATUS; RETIREMENT;

EID: 5744239603     PISSN: 0022166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3558990     Document Type: Article

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