Closing the age gap? Age, skills and the experience of work in Great Britain

Ageing and Society

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1293-1314

  Felstead, Alan ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ageing; employment; quality of work; skills; training

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; AGING POPULATION; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR MARKET; SKILLED LABOR; TRAINING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79251630555     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X10000681     Document Type: Article

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