Racial and ethnic differences in the retirement prospects of divorced women in the baby boom and generation X Cohorts

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 23-36

  Butrica, Barbara A ^a   Smith, Karen E ^a  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIVORCE; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; RACE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 84860534300     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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