Beyond financialization: Older entrepreneurship and retirement planning

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 849-864

  Wainwright, Thomas ^a,b   Kibler, Ewald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Financial planning; Financialization; Home based business; Older entrepreneurship; Pensions; Retirement

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; ENTREPRENEUR; FINANCIAL MARKET; FINANCIAL PROVISION; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; PENSION SYSTEM; RETIREMENT;

EID: 84902490456     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbt023     Document Type: Article

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