Are Baby Boomers Living Well Longer?

Redefining Retirement: How Will Boomers Fare?

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Madrian, Brigitte ^a   Mitchell, Olivia S ^b   Soldo, Beth J ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baby boomer; Disability; Health and retirement study; Health trends; Medical advances; Retirement; Worklife

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920752244     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199230778.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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