The gender gap in private pensions

Bulletin of Economic Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 343-363

  Bardasi, Elena ^a   Jenkins, Stephen P ^b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender gap; Income; Occupational pension; Pensions

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; PENSION SYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

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EID: 77956405713     PISSN: 03073378     EISSN: 14678586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8586.2009.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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