Do buy-outs of older workers matter?: Estimating retirement behavior with special early retirement offers

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-359

  Hallberg, Daniel ^a   Eklöf, Matias ^b  

^a Institute for Futures Studies   (Sweden)

^b Svenska Handelsbanken   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Financial benefits; Older workers; Pensions; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954202513     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721011050611     Document Type: Article

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