Social connectedness and the transition from work to retirement

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 481-490

  Lancee, Bram ^a,b   Radl, Jonas ^c  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging; Event history analysis; Labor market; Life course; Retirement; Social connectedness; Social participation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETIREMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORK;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY, EAST; GERMANY, WEST; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RETIREMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 84863302777     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs049     Document Type: Article

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