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Authors: Jagdish Handa
ISBN-13: 9781856288491, ISBN-10: 1856288498
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Limited
Date Published: August 1994
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Jagdish Handa

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Table of Contents

Preface
1Introduction1
2Characteristics and the Returns to General and Specific Skills15
3Optimal Ages of Hiring and Retirement: The Firm's Perspective31
4Wage and Occupational Differentiation by Sex57
5Discrimination against Hiring Older Workers87
6Optimal Retirement Policies: The Firm's Choices106
7The Rental Value of a Job and Jobs as Dam Sites151
8Retirement - The Worker's Choice174
9Retirement and Private Pension Plans193
10Summary and Conclusions213
Bibliography229

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