Gender and Racial Inequities in Retirement Resources

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 25-39

  Gregoire, Thomas K ^a   Kilty, Keith ^a   Richardson, Virginia ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic inequality; Gender; Racial; Retirement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PENSION; RETIREMENT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PENSIONS; PREJUDICE; RETIREMENT; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 0036988572     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J074v14n03_03     Document Type: Article

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