Recharging or retiring older workers? Uncovering the age-based strategies of european employers

Gerontologist

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 814-824

  Van Dalen, Hendrik P ^a,b   Henkens, Kène ^a,c,d   Wang, Mo ^e  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Early retirement; Employers; Human resource policy; Older workers

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RETIREMENT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; WORKPLACE;

AGED; AGING; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; RETIREMENT; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84941320417     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu048     Document Type: Article

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