Patterns of employment, gender and pensions: The effect of work history on older women's non-state pensions

Work, Employment and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 469-490

  Ginn, Jay ^a,b   Arber, Sara ^b  

^a National Institute for Social Work

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0030519076     PISSN: 09500170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0950017096103004     Document Type: Review

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