Work and family characteristics as predictors of early retirement in married men and women

Research on Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 467-498

  Kubicek, Bettina ^a   Korunka, Christian ^a   Hoonakker, Peter ^b   Raymo, James M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Demands and resources; Early retirement; Quality of life; Work family conflict

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952623388     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027510364120     Document Type: Article

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