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2002, Vol. 125, No. 9
The labor force participation of older women: retired? working? both?
Elizabeth T. HillNoneconomic factors—such as level of education, job flexibility in work hours, and physical stress—appear to influence older women’s labor force participation more strongly than economic ones, resulting in many “retired” women who are employed.
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