Early retirement differences between Denmark and The Netherlands. A cross-national comparison of push and pull factors in two small European welfare states

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 267-278

  van Oorschot, Wim ^a,b   Jensen, Per H ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; Early exit; Early retirement; The Netherlands; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350001986     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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