Old-age security and silver workers: An empirical survey identifies challenges for companies, insurers and society

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 137-157

  Deller, Jürgen ^a,b   Liedtke, Patrick M ^c   Maxin, Leena M ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Geneva Association   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ageing workforce; Bridge employment; Future of work; Human resource management; Labour markets; Old age security; Organisation of work; Pension

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149510788     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2008.44     Document Type: Article

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