Income, assets, and poverty: Older women in comparative perspective

Journal of Women, Politics and Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 272-300

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

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Luxembourg Income Study ^*  (Luxembourg)

^c Centre d'Etudes de Populations   (Luxembourg)

^d DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Income; Older; Poverty; Wealth; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949117028     PISSN: 1554477X     EISSN: 15544788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15544770902901791     Document Type: Article

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