Women's pensions in the European Union and the current economic crisis

Policy and Politics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 565-580

  Foster, Liam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crisis; EU; Gender; Pension

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN UNION; FINANCIAL CRISIS; PENSION SYSTEM; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 84910090649     PISSN: 03055736     EISSN: 14708442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1332/030557312X655774     Document Type: Article

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