Later-life economic inequality in longitudinal perspective

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1996, Pages

  Crystal, Stephen ^a   Waehrer, Keith ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b United States Department of Labor   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0029849484     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/51B.6.S307     Document Type: Article

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