Race, ethnicity, and social security retirement age in the US

Feminist Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-143

  Green, Carole A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

AHEAD; Ethnicity; Gender; Labor force participation; Race; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944437963     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700500115969     Document Type: Article

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