Effects of health and chronic diseases on labour force participation of older working-age Australians

Australian Economic Papers

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-182

  Cai, Lixin ^a   Cong, Changxin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 66549107187     PISSN: 0004900X     EISSN: 14678454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8454.2009.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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