Pension norms and pension reforms in Europe - The effects on gender pension gaps

Community, Work and Family

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 253-271

  Frericks, Patricia R H ^a   Maier, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gender; Life course; Linked lives; Pensions; Standard biographies; Welfare arrangements

Indexed keywords

EID: 49649085498     PISSN: 13668803     EISSN: 14693615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13668800802133651     Document Type: Article

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