This is not your parents' retirement: Comparing retirement income across generations

Social Security Bulletin

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-58

  Butrica, Barbara A ^a   Smith, Karen E ^a   Iams, Howard M ^b  

^a URBAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SECURITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 84860537249     PISSN: 00377910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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