The impact of occupation and gender on pensions from defined contribution plans

Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance: Issues and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 458-482

  Blake, David ^a   Cairns, Andrew ^b   Dowd, Kevin ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Career salary profile; Defined contribution; Defined enefit; Gender; Occupation; Peak salary age; Pension plans; Pension ratio; Strategic asset allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348893112     PISSN: 10185895     EISSN: 14680440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.gpp.2510141     Document Type: Article

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