Cumulative advantage, cumulative disadvantage, and inequality among elderly people

Gerontologist

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 437-443

  Crystal, Stephen ^a   Shea, Dennis ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Economics; Income; Inequality; Social Security

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; SOCIAL SECURITY;

AGED; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCOME; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0025005424     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/30.4.437     Document Type: Article

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