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Closing Routes to Retirement for Women

How Do They Respond?

Johannes Geyer and Clara Welteke
Journal of Human Resources, January 2021, 56 (1) 311-341; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.56.1.0717-8947R2
Johannes Geyer
Senior research associate at DIW Berlin, Mohrenstr. 58, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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Senior research associate at DIW Berlin, Mohrenstr. 58, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
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