Work to live and live to work: Productivity, transfers, and psychological well-being in adulthood and old age

Sociality, Hierarchy, Health: Comparative Biodemography: A Collection of Papers

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 197-222

  Stieglitz, Jonathan ^a   Jaeggi, Adrian V ^b   Blackwell, Aaron D ^b   Trumble, Benjamin C ^b   Gurven, Michael ^b   Kaplan, Hillard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.17226/18822     Document Type: Chapter

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