Does living longer in good health facilitate longer working lives? The relationship between disability and working lives.
Background: Improvements in life expectancy have fuelled debates about the statutory retirement age in many European countries. This article contributes to this debate by investigating how changes in disability may influence both employment outcomes and disability-free life expectancy. Methods: We u...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Public Health Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 791 - 796 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
10/1/2015
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