The precious and the precocious: Understanding cumulative disadvantage and cumulative advantage over the life course

Gerontologist

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 230-238

  O'Rand, Angela M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inequality; Pensions; Steady worker bias

Indexed keywords

AGING; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LIFE EVENT; PENSION; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0029918705     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/36.2.230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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