Part-time work among older workers with disabilities in Europe

Public Health

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 378-383

  Pagan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disability; Employment; Europe; Older workers; Part time

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DISABILITY; ECONOMETRICS; ELDERLY POPULATION; EMPLOYMENT; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; LABOR PARTICIPATION; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; WORK CAPACITY; WORK DISABILITY; WORKING TIME;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67349210704     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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