Volunteering after retirement: Evidence from German panel data

European Societies

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 603-625

  Erlinghagen, Marcel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Panel data; Productive ageing; Retirement; SOEP; Volunteer work

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650260703     PISSN: 14616696     EISSN: 14698307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616691003716902     Document Type: Article

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