Poverty among Single Elderly Women under Different Systems of Old-Age Security: A Comparative Review

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 31-44

  Siegenthaler, Jürg K ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

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Indexed keywords

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCOME; NETHERLANDS; POVERTY; REVIEW; SOCIAL SECURITY; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCOME; NETHERLANDS; POVERTY; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL SECURITY; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0030227933     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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