Later-life employment preferences and outcomes: The role of midlife work experiences

Research on Aging

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-466

  Raymo, James M ^a   Warren, John R ^b   Sweeney, Megan M ^c   Hauser, Robert M ^a   Ho, Jeong Hwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Life course; Longitudinal analysis; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952632477     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: 15527573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027510361462     Document Type: Article

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