Social security, economic growth, and the rise in elderly widows' independence in the twentieth century

Demography

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 221-236

  McGarry, Kathleen ^a   Schoeni, Robert F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SECURITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WIDOW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 0034183731     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2648124     Document Type: Article

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