Gender differences in postretirement employment

Research on Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-303

  Pleau, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Postretirement employment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951581066     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027509357706     Document Type: Article

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