Racial and ethnic differences in women's retirement security

Journal of Women, Politics and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 141-172

  Lee, Sunhwa ^a,b  

^a ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK   (Philippines)

^b Institute for Women's Policy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Assets; Living arrangements; Marriage; Pensions; Poverty; Race and ethnicity; Social Security; Women's retirement security

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949089511     PISSN: 1554477X     EISSN: 15544788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15544770902901890     Document Type: Article

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