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Life Situation as a Factor Explaining Retirement

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Withdrawal from labour force has recently become earlier and earlier in most western industrial countries. In Finland, this exit has been based on first of all various retirement systems (see Laczko and Phillipson, 1991).

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Lind, J. (1995). Life Situation as a Factor Explaining Retirement. In: Heikkinen, E., Kuusinen, J., Ruoppila, I. (eds) Preparation for Aging. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1979-9_29

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