The effect of early retirement incentives on the training participation of older workers

Labour

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 85-109

  Fouarge, Didier ^a   Schils, Trudie ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN CAPITAL; INCENTIVE; LABOR MARKET; RETIREMENT; TRAINING;

EID: 61349106036     PISSN: 11217081     EISSN: 14679914     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2008.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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