The influence of unpaid work on the transition out of full-time paid work

Gerontologist

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 92-101

  Carr, Dawn C ^a   Kail, Ben Lennox ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Postretirement work; Retirement; Volunteering

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VOLUNTARY WORKER; WORK;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WORK;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875507521     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gns080     Document Type: Article

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