The income and wealth packages of older women in cross-national perspective

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 402-414

  Gornick, Janet C ^a,d   Sierminska, Eva ^b   Smeeding, Timothy M ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative; Income; Older; Poverty; Wealth; Women

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; FINANCE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65349087527     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn045     Document Type: Article

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