Late careers and career exits in Britain

Globalization Uncertainty and Late Careers in Society

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 183-209

  Golsch, Katrin ^a   Haardt, David ^b   Jenkins, Stephen P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 61849159649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203967911     Document Type: Chapter

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