Aging and financial planning for retirement: Interdisciplinary influences viewed through a cross-cultural lens

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-38

  Hershey, Douglas ^a   Henkens, Kègne ^b   Van Dalen, Hendrik ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGING; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NETHERLANDS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949281875     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.70.1.a     Document Type: Article

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