Shifting the pension mix: Consequences for Dutch and Danish women

Social Policy and Administration

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 475-492

  Frericks, Patricia ^a   Maier, Robert ^a   de Graaf, Willibrord ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Denmark; Gender; Pension mechanisms; Pension reforms; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

GENDER ISSUE; PENSION SYSTEM; WOMENS STATUS;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33748257807     PISSN: 01445596     EISSN: 14679515     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9515.2006.00500.x     Document Type: Article

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