Early retirement among men in Britain and Germany: How important is health

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 644-667

  Roberts, Jennifer ^a   Rice, Nigel ^b   Jones, Andrew M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

early retirement; hazard models; health

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958190043     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/gpp.2010.24     Document Type: Article

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