Until death do us part: An analysis of the economic well-being of widows in four countries

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Burkhauser, Richard V ^a   Giles, Philip ^b   Lillard, Dean R ^a   Schwarze, Johannes ^c  

^a German Institute for Economic Research ^*  (United States)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WIDOW;

EID: 24144470512     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/60.5.S238     Document Type: Article

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