How depression and other mental health problems can affect future living standards of those out of the labour force

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 654-662

  Schofield, Deborah J ^a   Kelly, Simon J ^b   Shrestha, Rupendra N ^c   Callander, Emily J ^b   Percival, Richard ^b   Passey, Megan E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

aging; early retirement; economic costs; savings

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959429231     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.556599     Document Type: Article

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