Financing old age: Why is there still gender inequality?

Australian Social Work

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-298

  Rosenman, Linda ^a   Scott, Wayne ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aged; Elder abuse; Financial issues; Retirement; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049090790     PISSN: 0312407X     EISSN: 14470748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03124070902835998     Document Type: Article

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