Gender, the Family, and Economy

The Oxford Handbook of Pensions and Retirement Income

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bajtelsmit, Vickie L ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Family status; Gender; Policy directions; Retirement policy; Women's retirement; Working life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924037310     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199272464.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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