The retirement life course in America at the dawn of the twenty-first century

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 893-919

  Warner, David F ^a,b   Hayward, Mark D ^c   Hardy, Melissa A ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Gender; Labor force; Life course; Multistate life tables; Retirement

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENDER RELATIONS; LIFE TABLE; PENSION SYSTEM; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RETIREMENT; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650689284     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-009-9173-2     Document Type: Article

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