Boosting the employment rate of older men and women

Economist

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 159-191

  Vandenberghe, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ageing; Labour productivity; Panel data analysis

Indexed keywords

AGING; ELDERLY POPULATION; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; PANEL DATA;

EUROPE;

EID: 79958274701     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-011-9164-7     Document Type: Article

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