Work, health, and family at older ages in Japan

Research on Aging

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 180-206

  Raymo, James M ^a   Liang, Jersey ^b   Kobayashi, Erika ^c   Sugihara, Yoko ^c   Fukaya, Taro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Employment; Family; Health; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649086153     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027508328309     Document Type: Article

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