Removing barriers to work for older Americans

A Future of Good Jobs?: America's Challenge in the Global Economy

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 161-201

  Abraham, Katharine G ^a,b   Houseman, Susan N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c WE Upjohn Institute for Employment Research   (United States)

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