Making claims as workers or wives: The distribution of social security benefits

American Sociological Review

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 449-465

  Meyer, Madonna Harrington ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENEFIT DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT; INCOME LEVEL; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

USA;

EID: 0030473076     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2096358     Document Type: Article

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