'Mental health and employment of the elderly in taiwan: A simultaneous equation approach

Pacific Economic Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 504-519

  Chang, Hung Hao ^a   Yen, Steven T ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMPLOYMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NUMERICAL MODEL;

TAIWAN;

EID: 80053939622     PISSN: 1361374X     EISSN: 14680106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2011.00560.x     Document Type: Article

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