Expectations and realization of joint retirement among dual-worker couples

Research on Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 153-179

  Ho, Jeong Hwa ^a   Raymo, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Joint retirement; Retirement; Retirement expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549091927     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027508328308     Document Type: Article

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