Job displacement and the transitions to re-employment and early retirement for non-employed older workers

European Economic Review

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 517-535

  Tatsiramos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Institutions; Job displacement; Retirement; Unemployment duration

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LABOR SUPPLY; RETIREMENT; SERVICE PROVISION; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 77952553602     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroecorev.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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