Does the definition of retirement matter in estimating the effects of retirement on cognitive functioning?

Proceedings - 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1263-1269

  Kajitani, Shinya ^a   Sakata, Kei ^b   McKenzie, Colin R ^c  

^a MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive Functioning; Occupation; Retirement

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING; ENDOGENEITY; NATIONAL SURVEYS; OCCUPATION; RETIREMENT; SELF EMPLOYMENT;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 85080907810     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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