Crediting care or marriage? Reforming social security family benefits

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Herd, Pamela ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY LIFE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MARRIAGE; PARENTHOOD; POLICY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SECURITY; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30344451347     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/61.1.S24     Document Type: Article

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