Precarious employment, bad jobs, labor unions, and early retirement

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 66 B, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-259

  Raymo, James M ^a   Warren, John R ^b   Sweeney, Megan M ^c   Hauser, Robert M ^a   Ho, Jeong Hwa ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cumulative Stratification; Employment; Life Course; Retirement

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PENSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES; WORK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; LABOR UNIONS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PENSIONS; RETIREMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 79953320082     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq106     Document Type: Article

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