Unequal ageing in Europe: Women's independence and pensions

Unequal Ageing in Europe: Women's Independence and Pensions

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1-187

  Betti, Gianni ^a   Bettio, Francesca ^a   Georgiadis, Thomas ^b   Tinios, Platon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

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DOI: 10.1057/9781137384102     Document Type: Book

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