Healthy aging in China

Journal of the Economics of Ageing

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-43

  Smith, James P ^a   Strauss, John ^b   Zhao, Yaohui ^c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Healthy aging; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84914821023     PISSN: 2212828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeoa.2014.08.006     Document Type: Article

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