Why are older pensioners poorer?

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 271-290

  Johnson, Paul ^a   Stears, Gary ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; EUROPE; INCOME; INCOME--DETERMINANTS; METHODOLOGY; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MORTALITY; NORTHERN EUROPE; OLD AGE SECURITY; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIFFERENTIAL MORTALITY; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EUROPE; INCOME--DETERMINANTS; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MORTALITY; NORTHERN EUROPE; OLD AGE SECURITY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EUROPE; GREAT BRITAIN; INCOME; MORTALITY; OLD AGE ASSISTANCE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0142177332     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0084.00101     Document Type: Article

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