Income mobility in old age in Britain and Germany

Ageing and Society

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 543-565

  Zaidi, Asghar ^a,b,c   Frick, Joachim R ^c   Büchel, Felix ^c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Long Term Analysis of Pensions   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Income mobility; Lifecourse; Old age; Pensions; United Kingdom; Widowhood

Indexed keywords

ELDERLY POPULATION; INCOME;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22744441215     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X05003612     Document Type: Article

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