Does health reform lead to an increase in early retirement? Evidence from Massachusetts

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 704-732

  Heim, Bradley T ^a   Lin, Leekai ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b National Healthcare Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Health insurance; Labor force participation; Policy analysis; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85021710457     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0019793916653965     Document Type: Article

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