Is there an American way of aging? Income dynamics of the elderly in the United States and Germany

Research on Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 435-455

  Hungerford, Thomas L ^a  

^a BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national comparison; Economics of aging; Income dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETIREMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042568811     PISSN: 01640275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0164027503254676     Document Type: Article

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