Employment among older workers and inequality of gender and education: Evidence from a taiwanese national survey

International Journal of Aging and Human Development

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-162

  Lu, Luo ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 77949287245     PISSN: 00914150     EISSN: 15413535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/AG.70.2.c     Document Type: Article

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