Retirement intentions of older migrant workers: Does health matter?

International Journal of Manpower

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-460

  Vaillant, Nicolas Gérard ^a   Wolff, François Charles ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

France; Immigrants; Migrant workers; Older workers; Retirement; Retirement intention; Self assessed health

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863444900     PISSN: 01437720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437721211243787     Document Type: Article

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