European pension reforms: Individualization, privatization and gender pension gaps

Social Politics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 212-237

  Frericks, Patricia ^a   Maier, Robert ^a   De Graaf, Willibrord ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b European Research Network Employee's Resources and Social Rights in Europe (RESORE)

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EID: 34548418524     PISSN: 10724745     EISSN: 14682893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sp/jxm008     Document Type: Article

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