Racial differences in retirement income: The roles of public and private income sources

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 21-42

  Choi, Namkee G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME SOURCE; RACIAL DISPARTY; RETIREMENT INCOME;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PENSION; POLICY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PENSIONS; PUBLIC POLICY; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031411049     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J031v09n03_02     Document Type: Article

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