Retirement transitions among married couples

Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health

Volumn 23, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 89-107

  Curl, Angela L ^a   Townsend, Aloen L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Dual earner couples; Gender; Longitudinal; Married couples; Retirement transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749126429     PISSN: 15555240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555240802189125     Document Type: Article

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