Coverage or costs: The role of health insurance in labor market reentry among early retirees

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 113-120

  Kail, Ben Lennox ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurance; Retirement; Work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856481612     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr130     Document Type: Article

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