Retiring in debt? differences between the 1995 and 2004 near-retiree cohorts

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 13-34

  Anguelov, Chris E ^a   Tamborini, Christopher R ^b  

^a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^b Office of Retirement Policy (ORP) ORDP SSA

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ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETIREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349599081     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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