Employment hardship among older workers: Does residential and gender inequality extend into older age?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Slack, Tim ^a   Jensen, Leif ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Rural urban; Underemployment; Working poverty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXISM; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORKER;

EID: 41649105168     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.1.S15     Document Type: Article

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