Do European employers support later retirement?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-373

  van Dalen, Hendrik P ^a,b   Henkens, Kène ^a,b   Henderikse, Wilma ^c   Schippers, Joop ^d  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VanDoorneHuiskes en Partners   (Netherlands)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct labour costs; Employers; Europe; Older workers; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954209636     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721011050620     Document Type: Article

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