A critical analysis of expected and actual finances among retired women and men

Journal of Poverty

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-18

  Richardson, Virginia E ^a   Kilty, Keith M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Actual financial resources; Continuity; Critical theory; Discrimination; Expected financial resources; Gender; Retirement

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011222324     PISSN: 10875549     EISSN: 15407608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J134v01n01_03     Document Type: Article

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