Australia's "other" gender wage gap: Baby boomers and compulsory superannuation accounts

Feminist Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-101

  Jefferson, Therese ^a   Preston, Alison ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender; Pensions; Retirement; Superannuation; Wage gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 23944524393     PISSN: 13545701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13545700500115902     Document Type: Review

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