The retirement epectations of middle-aged Australians

Economic Record

Volumn 85, Issue 269, 2009, Pages 146-163

  Cobb Clark, Deborah A ^a,b   Stillman, Steven ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c MOTU ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EID: 65749106520     PISSN: 00130249     EISSN: 14754932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2009.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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