Spousal influence on the retirement decisions of single-earner and dual-earner couples

Advances in Life Course Research

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 112-123

  Denaeghel, Kim ^a   Mortelmans, Dimitri ^a   Borghgraef, Annelies ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Decision making; Gender differences; Retirement; Single earner and dual earner couples

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053183695     PISSN: 15694909     EISSN: 18796974     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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