Leaving the labour market: The impact of exit routes from employment to retirement on health and wellbeing in old age

European Journal of Ageing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-35

  Halleröd, Björn ^a   Örestig, Johan ^b   Stattin, Mikael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Health; Labour market; Longitudinal; Retirement; Structural equation; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874967226     PISSN: 16139372     EISSN: 16139380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10433-012-0250-8     Document Type: Article

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