Can adult education delay retirement from the labour market?

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 677-696

  Stenberg, Anders ^a   de Luna, Xavier ^b,c   Westerlund, Olle ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Human capital; Labour supply; Pensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855669211     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-010-0350-8     Document Type: Article

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