The effects of pension rights and retirement age on training participation: Evidence from a natural experiment

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 240-247

  Montizaan, Raymond ^a,b   Cörvers, Frank ^a   De Grip, Andries ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Natural experiment; Retirement; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549093815     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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