Money's worth in social security benefits: Black-white differences

Social Work Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 5-14

  Ozawa, Martha N ^a   Kim, Hak Ju ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefits; Black workers; Contributions; Social security; White workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038968390     PISSN: 10705309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/swr/25.1.5     Document Type: Article

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