Changing patterns of pension inequality: The shift from state to private sources

Ageing and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 319-342

  Ginn, Jay ^a   Arber, Sara ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Income; Older people; Pensions; Privatisation

Indexed keywords

PENSION SYSTEM; WELFARE PROVISION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033375105     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X99007333     Document Type: Article

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