Gender Differences in Employment Behavior during Late Middle Age
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Gender differences in employment behavior during late middle age.
Gender differences in the employment rates of 55- to 59-year-olds are concentrated among married persons. Wives are much less likely than their husbands to hold jobs and, more often, to cite family motivations as their most important reason for not working. The employment disparity is partially the result of the coordinated retirement decisions (combined with men typically marrying younger wome...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
سال: 1996
ISSN: 1079-5014,1758-5368
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51b.1.s11