Income inequality as a Canadian cohort ages: An analysis of the later life course

Research on Aging

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-237

  Prus, Steven G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HUMAN; INCOME; MODEL; PENSION; RETIREMENT; REVIEW;

EID: 0034055576     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027500223001     Document Type: Review

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