Lifecourse determinants and incomes in retirement: Belgium and the United Kingdom compared

Ageing and Society

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 587-615

  Dewilde, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aged heterogeneity; cumulative (dis)advantage; economic wellbeing; lifecourse research; panel data

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LABOR MARKET; RETIREMENT; WELFARE ECONOMICS;

BELGIUM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859586255     PISSN: 0144686X     EISSN: 14691779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0144686X11000407     Document Type: Article

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