Retirement preparation of the nonfarm self-employed

Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-61

  De Vaney, Sharon A ^a   Sharpe, Deanna L ^b   Kratzer, Constance Y ^c   Su, Ya ping ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Financial planning; Pensions; Retirement; Saving; Self employed

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952426065     PISSN: 10523073     EISSN: 19477910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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