Defined contribution plans and the distribution of pension wealth

Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 551-581

  Even, William ^a   Macpherson, David ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINANCE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MINORITY GROUP; PENSION SYSTEM; RETIREMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 34250721510     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2007.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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